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Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
If you believe the mantra that any economic recovery would not be sustainable without employment growth, then there is now no doubt that Australia has one sustainable economic expansion going. The latest Labour Force, Australia released by the Australian ...

When the time comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
The Greek ruins. Oh no, not another Greek metaphor! Yes Virginia, you and I and many others are perhaps sick in the stomach - or sick in the head? - of all the Greek metaphors that has sprung up since the potential for a Greek debt default made the ...

RBF-Tasmania CEO resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Simon Gillies, chief executive of the $3.5 billion RBF-Tasmania for the past five years, has resigned from the fund. Gillies is leaving the fund in February, but declined to mention specifically why he is leaving RBF-Tasmania in an email interview. ...

Future Fund mulls Transurban investment

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
The Future Fund is considering an investment in toll-road operator Transurban and is in preliminary discussions with the Canadian pension funds that proposed to buy the infrastructure group in October. On October 27, the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...

Equities could deliver zero returns: JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
JANA's longtime investment expert, Ken Marshman, predicts there's a 25 per cent chance that equities as an asset class will deliver low to zero returns over the next 10 years - a grim reality that should spur trustees to start lowering the risk in their ...

Govt selects Medicare to run national clearinghouse

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
Industry bodies have welcomed the government's move to provide a free superannuation clearinghouse system for small businesses through Medicare - but questions arise whether the healthcare agency is the right choice or a rushed decision. Superannuation ...

Financial Standard finalist in ACSI Media Award

Financial Standard journalist Michael Hobbs was the runner-up at this year's Australian Council of Super Investors (ACSI) Media Award, an award that recognises outstanding work on reporting corporate governance issues. Hobbs' submission, "Cents and ...

More room to slash super fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
Admin and investment fees charged by major Australian super funds are on par, if not better, than those charged by similar funds in the US, the UK and Japan - but more can be done to lower overall costs to the average fund member, a global study found. ...

Packer cuts Challenger ties

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
Consolidated Press Holdings has sold its 21 per cent stake in Challenger - ending an 11 year relationship between the Packer family and the Challenger group. James Packer offloaded his shares last Friday, prompting a large jump in Challenger's share ...

UCSuper appoints IUS as insurer

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
The Uniting Church Superannuation Plan has appointed International Underwriting Services as its new insurer. UCSuper, which had $244 in funds under management at 31 December last year according to Rainmaker Information, signed a deal to bring on IUS ...