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NZ govt to suspend NZ Super contribs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
The New Zealand government's plans to stop contributions to NZ Super for at least a decade could place the super fund under greater financial pressure in the future, according to one global asset consultant. Martin Lewington, New Zealand business leader ...

Fed's unfunded liabilities balloon to $80bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
Federal unfunded superannuation liabilities have jumped 75 per cent in less than a decade, putting pressure on the government's Future Fund strategy to contain the fiscal blow out. The figures, contained in the latest Mercer analysis from the Department ...

What-if scenarios bring Budget blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... are concerned about what the changes are going to be," he said, citing what-if budget scenarios to the audience at the Guardian Financial Planning conference in Darwin last Friday. Hugh Elvy, head of financial planning and superannuation at ICAA, said ...

Future Fund hires more managers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
Goldman Sachs, ING Clarion and Perennial are just three of seven new mandate beneficiaries of the $59 billion Future Fund. According to its latest quarterly update, the Future Fund has appointed new Aussie equities mandates with JF Capital Partners ...

APRA not interested in exec pay levels

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... John Trowbridge, APRA Member, speaking at the 2009 Remuneration Forum last month said, "APRA does not see itself as the guardian of any public assessment of whether pay levels themselves in some organisations are judged to be too high." However, the ...

SPAA awards industry's best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... continue her academic career by undertaking a Certificate in SMSF from the University of Adelaide. Meanwhile, the Super Guardian Scholarship was given to Julia Xiao. The award means Xiao will work at SuperGuardian, become a member of SPAA and also has ...

HSBC Premier business up 76 pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... US division, HSBC Finance Corporation (HFC) is reportedly being wound down with 6,100 jobs cut, according to the UK's Guardian newspaper.

Future Fund posts 6pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
The Federal Government's Future Fund suffered a 5.86 per cent loss for the quarter and reduced its $31 billion cash holding by 10 per cent, according to its latest portfolio update. For the first six months of the 2009/09 financial year, the fund lost ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
So it was, so it shall be. The odds - the Dow fell in 12 out of the past 16 US Presidential Inaugurations - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the ...

For those about to hit rock bottom, we salute you

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... behind the global credit crunch has been formally identified as not Dr Alan Greenspan but rock band AC/DC, after the UK Guardian newspaper revealed the world goes into recession every time the aging rockers go on tour. Sending world stock markets into ...