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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... cent) to 2,893.25. The normally cautious head of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, gave his most resounding defence of the under-siege currency to date, sending markets around the world solidly into positive territory and lifting the euro. ...

APRA: Third line of defence in Trio-style fraud

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... employees are engaged in fraudulent activity," he said. "In its supervision of superannuation APRA acts as a third line of defence after trustees and auditors." Jones said that the impact of the Trio fraud on individuals has been made greater by the ...

Australia's finely balanced $376bn budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... to the government, is improved targeting of selected welfare and tax concession programs, deferral of some big ticket defence procurement and canceling the 1% corporate tax rate reduction which the government wasn't able to get through the Parliament ...

You beauty

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 ...