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Super needs a radical new solution to longevity: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Former Prime Minister and superannuation system architect Paul Keating says the government needs to create 'superannuation mark two' to enable superannuation to provide enough money for retirees who are increasingly likely to become centenarians. Speaking ...

World Bank issues Kangaroo Green Bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... climate change. These projects include eco farming in China, waste management projects in Colombia, and urban transport in India. "UniSuper... has been working with the World Bank for several months as it has been refining its socially responsible investment ...

Australian investors optimistic of hitting financial goals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... will reach their financial goals. The survey, which was conducted in 22 countries, including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore in the Asia Pacific region, revealed that fewer investors are planning to make changes ...

BRICs without BRI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... (G7) as the richest countries in the world. You guessed it Virginia, these are the BRICs - the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China. They were all the rage back then, back when they were defying the gravity of the GFC and the European sovereign ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Wall Street and European markets which rebounded on regional economic data and European Central Bank talk that looser monetary policy could be in the offing. At 0810 AEDT on Wednesday, the June ...

AMP likely to cut hundreds of Melbourne jobs: FSU

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... losses were likely to be in the areas of processing and back office administration. The jobs are expected to be outsourced to India and cuts will be "predominantly in the Melbourne and Parramatta offices," Carter said. "AMP doesn't have to send these ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Nah, I'm not falling for that one again. No mas Virginia! Equity markets closed (to borrow Coles new ad) "down, down, deeper and down" overnight. The headlines have easily pinpointed the cause... "U.S. Stocks Retreat, Treasuries Rally on Ukraine, China" ...

More to Asia than just Chindia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Investors focusing their Asia interest on just China and India are missing a strategic opportunity to get involved with South East Asia (SEA), a region that is just as big and growing at a similar rate. SEA comprises 14 countries located between Australia ...

New EM bond rater proposes fresh approach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... network between smaller firms that include MARC from Malaysia, the CPR ratings agency from Portugal, SR from Brazil, CARE from India and GCR from South Africa. ARC has a combined 6000 clients. Choo Yee Kwan, country risk officer for OCBC Bank in Malaysia ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... four times US lenders and putting them at greater risk if financial market turmoil in countries such as Turkey, Brazil, India and South Africa intensifies." And who invests in European banks? And what's the emerging market volatility doing to the yen? ...