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Future Fund returns 12.8% for 2012

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
Improving global investment markets helped Australia's Future Fund gain more than $9 billion in 2012. The Future Fund, created in 2006 to invest retirement savings on behalf of Australia's public sector employees, also made a return of more than 12% ...

HOSTPLUS consortium wins Destination Sydney bid

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
The HOSTPLUS industry superannuation fund has won the bid to deliver Sydney's new convention, exhibition and entertainment precinct (SICEEP). The project includes the design and construction of the expanded and enhanced international convention centre ...

Murdoch matriarch remembered for charity work

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... the organisations she supported are already pouring in. According to a report in The Australian, the Royal Children's Hospital and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne have acknowledged her "outstanding dedication."

Obama re-election to boost healthcare and banking stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... also likely to feel the pinch as higher taxes to fund the initiative come on stream. "On the other hand, you have those hospital companies that no longer have to bear the losses of taking on non-paying patients and may therefore experience an uptick." ...

Estelle Pearson Actuary of the Year

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... bestowed the award after becoming the first actuary to swim the English Channel, raising over $AU122, 787 for a children's hospital. Other notable winners include Fred Rowley in 2010 for his work developing the first globally recognised Enterprise Risk ...

ME Bank appoints new directors

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... is also Chair of the National Basketball League Commission and Chair of the Capital Appeal for the Sydney Children's Hospital. The new appointments are effective 1 November 2012.

Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... of global strategy at Standard Life Investments says that in the short-term, an Obama re-election will give a boost to hospital, pharmaceutical, green energy and infrastructure stocks while a Romney victory will see coal, railroad, bank, defence and ...

CommInsure raises red flag about underinsurance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... 'rainy day' savings and put many families at risk of losing their home. Everyday accidents are putting Australians in hospital, and out of work. The new research shows that more than half of respondents (56%) have been or know of someone to have been ...

Schroders wins top fund manager award

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... contributions of the top performers in the financial services industry, the award also raised money for the Sydney Children's Hospital and the Odyssey House McGrath Foundation. Among others winners on the night were AMP which secured the Fixed Interest ...

Urbanisation fuelling resource demand

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
Despite concerns over China's slowdown, urbanisation both there and around the world will continue to fuel demand for Australian commodities, said one of Asia's largest asset managers. Recent research suggests that that another 3 billion people will ...