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John Kavanagh joins Financial Standard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
Former BRW Sydney editor John Kavanagh joins Financial Standard's editorial team. Kavanagh, a freelance journalist who writes for the Sydney Morning Herald and online finance newsletter www.thesheet.com, will join Financial Standard as contributor. ...

ING head of corp affairs and comms exits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
ING's head of corporate affairs and communication Patrick Southam has left the company following a business restructure. In October, ING created two new business units: the corporate strategy and marketing and the retirement investments solutions. The ...

Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... shoppers spent 7.2 per cent more on average compared with last year, most were hunting for bargain sales. The Wall Street Journal informed its readers that total purchases over the internet have fallen by 4 per cent from a year ago, with gift cards down ...

Media Super sponsors Walkley awards

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
Lights, camera, action - Media Super, the industry fund for print, media, entertainment and arts professionals, is sponsoring the 2008 Walkley Awards. The $2.6 billion fund is the major sponsor of this year's Walkley Awards, which pays tribute to journalists ...

Innovators, imitators and idiots

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... flow, setting them up for big falls in 2009. The frenzy, reported by Barron's, a newsletter published by the Wall Street Journal, was because junior endowment funds were rushing to lift their timber allocations from 9 to 11 per cent. For current investors ...

Trustees should adopt system-wide policies: Sherry

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
Superannuation minister Senator Nick Sherry urges trustees to adopt superannuation policies that will benefit the entire industry - dispelling the age-old notion that trustees only need to look after the welfare of their own members. Senator Sherry ...

AREITs damaged by exuberance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
Many listed property trusts (LPTs) fell out of investor's favour because they changed from being from stable, income-producing trusts to highly geared, complex products - but experts believe there's life in the sector yet, just not in its current form. ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... Cox told the Banking committee there is a "regulatory hole that must be immediately addressed," reported the Wall Street Journal.

Negline joins Rainmaker

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... services for financial planners. In the newly created role, he will be the Editor of the Financial Standard's quarterly journal, The Australian Journal of Financial Planning and be responsible for developing and sourcing content for the group's expanding ...

Contribs tax for women under review

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
Senator Nick Sherry's comments on potentially removing the 15 per cent contributions tax on super of women at certain stages of their work life fuels further debate on how the government can help narrow the gender gap on retirement savings. Senator ...