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PROFILE: Actuaries Institute CEO David Bell

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... life. His incarnation as chief executive of the Actuaries Institute is the latest in a long and varied list that includes army officer, government adviser, management consultant, and lobbyist. This life of variety began with his birth in Ghana in the ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... was also dead wrong! What got me jumping were reports that, "Kim 'Duke Nukem' Jong Un has reportedly given his North Korean army the go ahead to nuke the United States." According to the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, "The merciless operation ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... and that Putin would be given an avenue to graciously back out. As Sun Tzu's 'Art of War' prescribes, "When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard."... and then, this episode in geo-political history would again ...

Vale Gwen Fletcher

JULIE BENNETT  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... male-dominated accounting industry when it was unfashionable for women to have a career. She worked for the United States Army in Sydney during World War II and, once the war was over, for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). ...

SMSFs retarding growth in Australia: Credit Suisse

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... "are retarding investment, employment and growth in Australia." A financial adviser quoted by Credit Suisse said that "the army of SMSFs will be happy buyers of CBA when the share price is 5% lower, then 10% lower, then 20% lower, but if/when CBA cuts ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... 13 September -- bad news is good news in terms of Fed policy and good news is well...good news. You could have joined the army reserves the past two weeks, or volunteered for the Red Cross or slept all week and you'll still find that the S&P 500 0.8% ...

Business leaders donate big to Salvos

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The business community raised in excess of $2 million at the launch of the Salvation Army's Red Shield Appeal at a lunch held at the Westin Hotel in Sydney yesterday. Guest speakers Fortescue Metal Group chairman Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest and his wife ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... a North Korean who's got his hands on nuclear playthings. Kim 'Duke Nukem' Jong Un has reportedly given his North Korean army the go ahead to nuke the United States. According to the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, "The merciless operation ...

GFC derails wealth fee growth by $30bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... base, the next wave of product design and breed of fund managers will be dictated by an issue far bigger than the GFC. "The army of baby boomers moving towards retirement age and out of the workforce will further fuel this secular shift within the economy ...

New COO part of expansion plans at Fidelity Australia

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investments has appointed former United States Army officer and head of group Strategy at Perpetual Eric Wang as its new chief operating officer in Australia. Wang joins the global fund manager from wealth management consultancy Sunstone ...