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CSRI identifies super flaws

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... Standard, the CSRI was formed to review the entire retirement income system and will be chaired by former Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Dr Michael Keating. It aims to examine Australia's retirement income model from an ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... days. The "good is good" and "bad is good" meme didn't apply. The S&P 500 index fell by 0.4% the day the US Commerce Department revealed a disappointing and sharp 0.2% (annualised) slowdown in the economy in the first quarter of this year from 2.2% previously ...

Suspended SIV scheme raised $3bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... in Australia via the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program, which was temporarily suspended last week. Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection statistics show that $3.255 billion has been invested in complying investments between ...

Centuria acquires ATP building

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
Centuria Property Funds have acquired a 50% stake in 8 Central Avenue, Australian Technology Park (ATP). The $110 million purchase gives Centuria full ownership of the building, after it acquired an initial 50% in December 2013. "The property's strong ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... Glenn Stevens is slated to deliver a speech at the Australian Financial Review Banking and Wealth Summit in Sydney. Department of Industry and Science chief economist Mark Cully is scheduled to speak at an Australian Business Economists lunch, in Sydney ...

Volcker Alliance proposes new US regulator system

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... system-wide prudential rulemaking. They have also said the Office of Financial Regulation should be removed from the US Department of Treasury and become an independent entity. In its report, the Volcker Alliance said there are still too many regulators ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... 5,007.79. New construction of homes in the United States rose 2.0 per cent to an annual rate of 926,000 units, the Commerce Department said, a smaller increase than expected. Initial claims for US unemployment insurance benefits rose to 294,000 last ...

Perpetual boosts multi-asset team

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... managing director, head of asset allocation and lead portfolio manager. He has also worked at BT, in the Commonwealth Department of the Treasury and in the Prime Minister's Office. Head of investment markets research Matthew Sherwood, who has worked ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... trading partners - South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, US, Australia, Germany. Not so according to the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department division chief, Steven Bartnett, who predicts China's economy to slow to 6.75% this year from 7.4% in 2014. ""We should welcome ...

Retirement income committee to launch in June

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... Incomes. The CSRI is designed to review the entire retirement income system and will be chaired by former Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Dr Michael Keating. Other committee members include policy experts Vince Fitzgerald ...