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Sometimes, directors just need to say 'no'

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... also said it helps to have some directors who have been "through some wars." "During the global financial crisis, it was pretty obvious who ran for the doors," she said. Often, it's also invaluable to have a board that is still in touch with the organisation's ...

Don't ignore Lifecycle Funds: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... option for their MySuper product. Mercer's Corporate Super Trust launched a default Lifecycle Fund in July last year, and "pretty much all four of the big banks will launch one under MySuper," Mathers said. "They [the banks] will probably have a pretty ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... adviser Bruce Smith said trading had been lacklustre as investors waited to see if the US could avoid the fiscal cliff. "It's pretty anaemic at the moment," he said. "I think it's really just the issue of the fiscal cliff in the US and until such time ...

Big four prepare market for annus horribilis 2013

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... lower-growth, lower-leverage equilibrium," he said. "Given the difficult hand the banks have had to play, the revenue outcomes are pretty solid for the full year. The main issue going forward will be whether that big rise in trading income is sustainable. ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... of the nation turned their attention to activities at Melbourne's Flemington racecourse. "The volumes recently have been pretty modest anyway so I suspect that today they are going to be super modest," RBS Morgans equities director Bill Chatterton said. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... Michael Heffernan said the Australian market had opened in the black after strong leads from European markets. "It's a pretty buoyant opening," he said. "What struck me, apart from the New York Stock exchange closing because of the storm, was that Europe ...

Paper bank statements ignored by UK consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... said, "While the research may reveal that 'Banxiety' is more common amongst the younger generation, luckily, there are some pretty quick and easy cures." The bank is hoping that the rise in mobile and app-based banking will help alleviate the problem ...

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... recent Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cash rate cut which had offset mixed overseas leads. "The local market has held up pretty well considering the recent volatility in the US market in particular," he said. "I think it's still a reaction to the cut ...

Asset consultants still in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... there are large internal teams. "We have access to a very wide range of investment managers globally, those insights are pretty hard to replicate with an internal team," he said.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... Heffernan said the falls on the Australian market were unsurprising given the drops in European markets on Friday. "It's pretty much as expected given the lacklustre situation in Europe and that commodity prices were down," he said. "It's not too bad ...