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Bloomberg ASEAN roadshow kicks off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... their investments, the ASEAN bond markets have been increasing significantly since the late 1990s and have been amongst the top performers for the past 2 years. The ASEAN bonds issuance was also record high in 2012." Bloomberg's target audience for this ...

A desert island without food... better than managing super

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... and a more comfortable lifestyle in retirement," Sunsuper's customer service general manager Steve Travis said. "Keeping on top of their super really isn't that hard and the lead up to the end of financial year is a great time to get a few simple things ...

Slow growth and regulatory burden top insurance industry fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... insurance industry, according to a new report from Ernst & Young (EY). In Business Pulse: Exploring the dual perspectives of the top risks and opportunities in 2013, the global professional services and accounting firm surveyed executives at more than ...

Super set for best year since 2007

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... year returns are 6.7% pa. Even the five year returns held their 3.0% pa performance. According the SelectingSuper survey, the top five Workplace super funds (by default options) over the 12 months were Lutheran Super with 22.0%, VISSF with 21.3%, Arc ...

ECT relief should apply to non-concessional contributions: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... withdraw the funds after 1 July. The government considered the unamended law to be "a severe penalty for individuals below the top marginal tax rate." However, Slattery said penalising excess non-concessional - or after-tax - contributions is also unfair. ...

BlackRock property head takes PFA top job

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
BlackRock head of Australian real estate Paul Healy will become chief executive of the Property Funds Association (PFA) from September. His departure from BlackRock was effective as of 30 June. During Healy's 22-year tenure at the asset manager, he ...

Ironbark acquires Deutsche AM Australia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... new Product Disclosure Statement issued for each one. Ironbark has also lowered the minimum investment amount to $20,000 and top-ups can be made at a minimum of $1000.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... markets as traders digested news of an unexpected drop in German unemployment, solid data from the US and comments from a top Federal Reserve official that the central bank would not hastily end its stimulus program.. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the September ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
"Do that to me one more time Once is never enough... Say those words again that you just did Oh, baby, tell it to me once again." -Captain and Tennille...and baby, baby, central bankers did it again. Despite the absence of any significant news over ...

Service consumption bucks downward trend in EM equities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... management tool to counteract exchange rate weakness," Paul said. TT International prides itself on combining a bottom-up and top-down approach in its investment strategy. "Everything we do has a top down macro umbrella over the top of it," said Hong ...