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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... meanwhile gained 13.23 (0.33 per cent) to 3,985.97. The gains came a day after Fed chair nominee Yellen delivered a strong defence of the central bank's easing policies in confirmation hearings in the Senate, adding that she did not believe US property ...

SIFMA talks up Wall Street cyber defences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
The US Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has released its assessment report of their Wall Street cyber attack simulation and while it confirms their protocols performed adequately, it was the soft attack weapons that were ...

SMSFs missing out on overseas performance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... 3,974.07 points. Israel acknowledged the successful launch of a missile in a joint exercise with the United States. Moscow's defence ministry earlier said it had detected the launch of two ballistic missiles from the central part of the Mediterranean ...

Whiteley and Brogden join forces to condemn CPA report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... at the expense of voluntary savings and as a result, superannuation has failed." At the heart of their critique was a defence of superannuation as a yet-to-mature system. "When mature," they said, "the superannuation system, combined with the age pension ...

AMP buys into QLD school build project

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013

Cut welfare, give savings to defence: UK minister

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
In a possible warning of political arguments Australia may confront in coming decades when the national budget faces mounting aged care and pension costs, a leading UK government minister has proposed cutting welfare and diverting the savings to the ...

Govt to index military age pensions

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... Senate inquiries and already implemented reforms to retirement benefits for combat and disabled veterans. The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel Warren Snowdon and the Minister for Defence Materiel Mike Kelly announced the changes this morning. ...

PIF Action Group questions ASIC decision on Wellington

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... the high standard one would expect from such a government body," he said. However, Hutson denied the accusations and in defence referred to ASIC's decision of dropping the investigation. "The accusations are absolutely false, we didn't do that," Hutson ...

AMP expands Chicago credit research team

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... said. Ponik joins AMP Capital from PPM America where he was vice president of credit research covering the aerospace, defence, transportation, infrastructure and automotive sectors. AMP Capital established its equities- trading desk in Chicago in November ...