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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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... from the euro zone debt crisis. The news came as markets were already trading up after France and Germany issued a joint defence of Greece, insisting its place was in the euro zone despite market sentiment it might default. The EU said on Thursday its ...

Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation appoints CEO

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... Superannuation Corporation was established on 1 July 2011 following the merger of the ARIA and Military Super boards and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority. CSC has responsibility for managing and investing $24 billion of superannuation ...

Future Fund not for sale: Wong

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... non-financial assets other than the expected sale of digital spectrum. Tune replied there were estimates for the disposal of Defence properties and land and the expected sale of assets from the Future Fund. "That is an extraordinary revelation," Cormann ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... growth was slowing, but that we are going backwards. In a global economy where productivity growth is the first and last defence against falling national living standards, this should be enough to trigger a political storm akin to a national (economic) ...

In defence of superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds earning nearly 7% per annum over the past 20 years has forced minister Bill Shorten to defend the system itself while arguing why lifting SG from 9 to 12% is still a good idea. Speaking on ABC TV's Insider's program yesterday, Minister ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... Australia (RBA), Guy Debelle, delivers an address in Adelaide to the Workshop on Global Macro and Finance Issues, entitled "In Defence of Current Account Deficits". The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts a tender process to issue ...

Consolidated super corporation appoints board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... consolidation of the Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA), the Military Superannuation and Benefits (MSB) Board and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority. Minister for Finance and Deregulation Penny Wong, when making the annoucement ...