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China's party plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013

Baird proposes tax changes for NSW infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
New South Wales Treasurer Mike Baird has proposed a new taxation practice that would direct company tax revenue on infrastructure back to state governments. The proposal is part of the NSW Government's policy of harnessing superannuation and other institutional ...

Prayin' for a taperin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013

Star manager Tagliaferro adopts "mentor role"

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
Australian funds management stalwart Anton Tagliaferro has said he has adopted "more of a mentor role" and is looking to develop talent from within Investors Mutual Limited (IML). IML is celebrating its 15th Anniversary this year and the domestic equities ...

Taper trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
"Don't fight the Fed!" I re-introduced this old saying on Wall Street at the end of last week to characterise the financial markets' behaviour du jour. The S&P 500 surely doesn't want to -- it closed at another fresh record high last week...and could ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
Quantitative easing is having little direct impact on the market, according to Cato Institute senior fellow Dr William Poole. In a presentation at the CFA Institute Investment Conference in Melbourne yesterday the former president of the Federal Reserve ...

HOSTPLUS targets SMSFs with direct infra option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
Industry super fund HOSTPLUS has said it will introduce a direct infrastructure investment option aimed at attracting investment from self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia said the infrastructure investment option ...

TAL to disrupt 'status quo' with newly-created role

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
TAL has created the role of Chief Innovation and Disruption officer to "disrupt the status quo" and to "provide solutions for customers that businesses had not considered before." Start-up entrepreneur Tim Thorne will be stepping into the role on November. ...

SIFMA talks up Wall Street cyber defences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
The US Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has released its assessment report of their Wall Street cyber attack simulation and while it confirms their protocols performed adequately, it was the soft attack weapons that were ...

TAL life chief actuary to head global association

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
TAL Life chief actuary and former Actuaries Institute president Fred Rowley will take up office as president-elect of the International Actuarial Association (IAA) from 1 January 2014 and is expected to become president in 2015. The International Actuarial ...