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BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... cannot be anything but contractionary. Boy, I was so very wrong. I was wrong because what he took from big companies, defence and foreign aid, Wayne gave to low-income families, health, education, aged-care, infrastructure and small businesses. It's ...

QIC awards Molpus alternative timber mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... equities, the biggest drawback is that you're not properly diversified against inflation." "Real assets represent that genuine defence against inflation." "QIC's approach to investing in timberland is very conservative," said Dick in explaining the choice ...

Australian private wealth firm selects US property

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... between Dallas and Fort Worth. "Texas is a strong growth corridor in a recovering US economy underwritten by oil and energy, defence, education and agriculture," said Toll. "The state has a population of 26.4 million people and a GDP that is roughly ...

Frontier appoints new analysts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... Consulting, where he worked in the fund accounting and client services teams before which he was at the Singapore Ministry of Defence as a technology consultant. Vivian Yang will join Frontier this month from National Australia Bank where she was analyst ...

Good bacteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
Events of the past week show that what happens in Greece does not stay in Greece, with financial markets zigging on reports that its debt swap deal is in doubt and zagging when it ultimately went through - at the 11th hour as it has always been with ...

Strong leadership essential to face superannuation challenges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... challenges currently facing the sector, delegates at the 2011 ASFA conference heard. That's according to former chief of the defence forces and Qantas Superannuation director Peter Cosgrove, who said this group is the most "knowledgeable, experienced ...

Adviser hiring blitz at Macquarie Private Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... Ponder who will focus on portfolio management and self-managed super funds and Bob Backer who will advise clients in the defence and public sector about retirement planning and super. Four advisers from Plan B Wealth Management have moved across to the ...

MilitarySuper chief executive to stand down

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... office in Canberra, but said he had no new role lined up at this stage. On July 1 the MilitarySuper Board merged with the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) Authority and the ARIA Board (the trustee of the CSS, PSS and PSSap civilian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
At 0715 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 4,362. In economic news on Monday, the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for October is released. In equities news, BT Investment Management ...

Northern Trust awarded $24bn custody mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... Australia. CSC is a result of the merger between ARIA (Australian Reward Investment Alliance) and MilitarySuper boards, and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority, made official on July 1 this year. ARIA's previous custodian was JP ...