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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite a rise in US stocks, although concerns about a possible military strike on Syria cut into Wall Street's early gains. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was ...

Super investors scrutinise companies over LDC working conditions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... on standards and enforcement," Lim said. "For example, several tragic high rise fires spurred the development of specific fire safety regulations which now calls for the greater use of non-flammable insulation." But as these improvements in LHR in China ...

SEC charges US adviser with pension fund theft

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... the founder, president, and chief executive officer of MayfieldGentry Realty Advisors, took the money from the Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit without obtaining permission. They also allege he spent the proceeds buying two shopping ...

Boardroom cloud tech eases organisational burden

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
The Affiliation of Superannuation Practitioners (ASP), an alliance of ten funds and administrators, has adopted a new technology to simplify distribution of essential documents for board members. The cloud-based iqBoard app, produced by IQ Group, allows ...

Fracking shock in store for US

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... believe it could lead to the world's largest economy becoming independent in just a few years. "The US is going to be on fire. It'll absolutely crush other economies if it can continue to enjoy the competitive advantage that shale gas will bring," Beazley ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... as large investors had to rearrange their holdings to match changes in the widely followed MSCI indexes. Others said rapid-fire automated sell programs kicked in as the decline accelerated, exacerbating the loss. The market managed to hold on to gains ...

Government to update More Super calculator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... will add an additional $127,000 into their superannuation by the time they retire at 67." They also took the opportunity to fire a shot at the opposition, saying, "The only thing Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party are interested in is cutting superannuation ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... sentiment remains positive, dealers are keeping an eye on the stand-off on the Korean peninsula as the North, expected to fire a missile within the next few days, ratchets up its bellicose rhetoric. Tokyo rose 1.96 per cent, or 261.03 points, to 13,549.16 ...

Admin costs rise four-fold off-platform: research

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
Advisers who choose to go off-platform when handling client investments could be hit with higher admin costs, in one case four times more compared with staying on-platform, research found. The report undertaken by Praxis Partners and commissioned by ...

Gary Clifford awarded Trustee of the Year at CMSF

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Gary Clifford, a board member of the Western Australia Fire and Emergency Services Super was awarded Trustee of the Year at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) that kicked off yesterday in Brisbane. Clifford has been a member of the ...