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Former MilitarySuper chief joins HOSTPLUS

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
HOSTPLUS sharpens focus on product and service development with the appointment of Paul Watson as executive manager, member and consumer choice. Watson is responsible for producing and implementing the $9 billion hospitality and tourism fund's strategic ...

Queen Qaddafi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... -- as sensationalised by many talking heads and those with literary licenses - the Jasmine Revolution currently doing its tour in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region would send oil prices soaring and derail the fledgling global recovery or ...

1989 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... became a thing of the past as civil uprisings in one country emboldened protests in another... then another. Back then, the tour of people power started in Poland in the spring of 1989. This quickly spread in a matter of months - some even weeks - to ...

Asian funds invest more in Taiwan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
Fund managers in Asia are predicting big things for Taiwan as improving relations with China look set to open the door to a wealth of investment opportunities. While concerns persist in Asian markets over rising inflation and central bank tightening ...

Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Be careful what you wish for. After many, many years of drought, Australia got what it wished for - the green lawn inducing, agriculture produce growing rain. Suddenly the rural sector was looking good. Harvest would be a-plenty. Not only would Australians ...

Hooray it's Oprah day

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
So much for Australia's vision of itself as a world financial centre as Oprah has shown that all the world wants from us is Kangaroos, Koalas, sunny beaches and iron ore. Or is that the wrong way to look at the frenzy now supposedly gripping the nation ...

HOSTPLUS unveils new TV ads

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
Industry fund HOSTPLUS has launched a new advertising campaign to attract more members to its fund. The campaign will include a series of three television commercials (TVCs), the first of which went to air this week. The ads will focus on an emotional ...

Parity not quite a party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! We're all hearing this cheer growing louder by the day whether in reference to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi or the currency markets internationally. In Delhi, Australians currently lead their Commonwealth competitors ...

Planners cycle for charity

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... they can donate or commit to raise $500 and ride with them for one day." Future2 will hold eight positions every day of the tour for financial planners and others committed to supporting the Wheel Classic. Griffin and Bobbin will follow the track that ...

Goldman Sachs pay $620m to settle SEC lawsuit

SEC RELEASE, BLOOMBERG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
Goldman Sachs & Co has paid the US regulator more than $620 million (US$550 million), the largest penalty ever levelled against a financial firm, for allegedly misleading investors regarding the deals behind its sub-prime mortgage product. Goldman Sachs ...