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LUCRF makes history

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
The superannuation industry doesn't often talk about its history but 2008 marks a century since the introduction of age pensions and thirty years since the birth of LUCRF, Australia's first modern super fund. The revolution began a century ago when ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... 0.92 per cent on a softer yen and gains in other Asian markets, breaking its longest losing streak in more than half a century. The benchmark Nikkei ended up 122.15 points at 13,360.04, its first gain after 12 days of losses. HONG KONG - Shares jumped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... last Friday. TOKYO - The Nikkei share average fell 0.21 per cent to set its longest losing streak in more than half a century, dragged down by property stocks such as Sumitomo Realty & Development on credit fears. The Nikkei fell 27.51 points to 13,237.89 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... 1.11 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei share average dipped 0.16 per cent to set its longest losing streak in more than half a century as worries about high oil prices and the global economy hit exporters such as Toyota. The Nikkei fell 20.97 points on the ...

Population growth hits 36 year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... The population growth rate turnaround is so pronounced that last year was the 14th biggest population jump in the last century and puts our current increase levels in the same zone we used to experience in the 1950s when our population growth was above ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... chief executive, David Kirk, addresses the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) on media in the 21st century. There is a slew of economic data to be released today including housing finance data for April, international merchandise ...

Martin quits OFG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... following the resignation of Christopher Martin. Appointed director at OFG in 1996, McBain was founder and director of Century Funds Management before OFG purchased it. McBain is expected to continue his executive roles within Century Funds Management. ...

Oil rich city pours $17.1b in SRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... Ahmad Al Jaber, chief executive at Masdar, said Abu Dhabi had been a leader in the hydrocarbon sector for almost half a century. "As global demand for energy continues to expand and as climate change becomes a real and growing concern, the time has come ...

Ambachtsheer receives Outstanding Industry Contribution Award

... as a keynote speaker of the 8th IMCA Australian Annual Conference, where he will be talking about what the ideal 21st century retirement system should look like and how that compared to the current Australian system. Michelle Baltazar

Australia is Asia's biggest investment market

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
... leveraging this as they prepare to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games can only improve our positioning as we progress through the century. Now overlay our world leadership in securitisation, property management and pension fund reform (hardly a country ...