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Australia's Apple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... slows to 7.5% as targeted, "Chinese GDP will equal that of the United States, in purchasing-power parity terms, in about a decade. It will exceed that of the euro area within the next few years." How good is that? Australians all let us rejoice.

New St George and Westpac New Zealand CEOs appointed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... Peter Clare taking over in New Zealand. Chapman has been at the helm of St George since 2010 and was with the group for a decade, including in the role of managing director of BankSA. Westpac said Chapman had decided to leave and would be returning home ...

'Twinflation' makes real asset investment popular

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... the threat of 'twinflation', according to AllianceBernstein. Referring to the 'secular investment backdrop' for the next decade, Jon Ruff, lead portfolio manager and director of research for real asset strategies described the impact of widespread devleveraging ...

Super contributions break through $1 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... sacrifice and above-SG amounts, but that this stranglehold is increasing. Lifting SG to 12% progressively over the coming decade should only reinforce this development, further explaining the renewed attention the retail superannuation lobby is placing ...

Outgoing QIC chief appointed to Suncorp board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
Outgoing QIC chief executive Doug McTaggart has been appointed as a non-executive director to the Suncorp Group board, along with Michael Cameron. Cameron is head of The GPT Group, with past roles including chief financial officer of St.George Bank ...

AREIT-ASX correlation doubles post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... complemented by reasonable capital growth were well served by the AREIT sector that rarely returned below 10% pa in the decade prior to 2007. AREIT returns became so robust they peaked at 40% in early 2007. Reinforcing their investor appeal their correlation ...

Superannuation needs more regulatory resilience: ASIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... result of more products, more investors and greater funds. "Superannuation is expected to grow to $3 trillion over the next decade and up to $5 trillion by 2030. It will grow at twice the rate of the economy. This will increase ASIC's regulatory perimeter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... trillion ($A3.57 trillion) spending plan for 2013 that seeks to achieve $US4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade but does little to restrain growth in the US government's huge health benefit programs, a major cause of future deficits. ...

Solaris names new resource analyst

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... with John over the past few months and we are fortunate to have such a highly skilled professional on board with over a decade of resources analysis under her belt." Standard & Poor's also announced that its ratings on two Solaris Australian equity funds ...

ETF services expanded with cloud

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... capability for the funds. "Our expanded offering reflects the tremendous growth that ETFs have experienced over the past decade," said senior vice president of State Street's Global Services business, Frank Koudelka, referring to the evolution of ETF ...