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Greg Sword resigns as CEO of LUCRF Super

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... (AM) for service and leadership in the union movement and community. He is a board member of the Victorian Endowment for Science Knowledge and Innovation (VESKI), a member of the St Vincent's Advisory Council and a Trustee of the Caulfield Racecourse ...

When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... Thrift'. Mandeville wrote 'The Fable of the Bees' in 1714 and JMK's paradox became popular among us students of the dismal science back in the late 1940s but it's ringing ever so true today... in Australia 2014. The Qantas crash of 2014 led me to mull ...

CSIRO to study super spending habits

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... investment options. As part of the $9 million initiative, the Melbourne-based researchers will use big data analytics, social science, risk and economic modelling to answer questions such as how superannuation will affect the economy as it grows ever ...

It's good, it's bad, it's faked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014

CBA appoints new insto banking group exec

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Russell multi-manager funds get top Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... significant strides made with regard to attribution and risk management capabilities. Two strategies managed by Investment Science were placed on 'redeem'. For multi-manager funds overall, Zenith said it has observed significant progress in the areas ...

Cognitive function, consumption biggest SMSF risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
While investors and SMSF promoters point to taxation and compliance as the sector's biggest risks, human and lifestyle factors may actually be bigger threats. Last week the consulting group Deloitte generated much fanfare with a report containing projections ...

New $9 million super research facility opens

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... concerned we will be applying our skills in big data analytics, financial mathematics, real options, risk modeling, social science and behavioural economics." CSIRO research theme leader Alan Dormer said. The academic research program was drawn together ...

Demographic megatrends drive earnings well into the future

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
A focus on demographic megatrends makes it possible to make earnings forecasts beyond investment analysts' typical three-year horizon, creating opportunities to take advantage of mispriced stocks, according to Fidelity portfolio managers Hilary Natoff ...

Govt to index military age pensions

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... 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. The ...