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Furlan to lead Super Complaints Tribunal

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
The former compliance manager for LegalSuper Jocelyn Furlan has been appointed chair of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal. Senator Nick Sherry, the former minister for superannuation and corporate law, announced Jocelyn Furlan as the full-time ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Is this the beginning of the end? Gauging from last week's actions - rather inactions - by four of the world's major central banks, it appears that this is so. It had been a awhile since financial markets witnessed the kind of central bank activity ...

Maritime Super to manage Teekay fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
The $2.4 billion Maritime Super has been selected by Teekay Marine Services to manage the Teekay Shipping Superannuation Plan. The plan, which has $80 million in funds under management and 514 members, made the announcement yesterday that Maritime Super ...

Five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
'Don't fight the Fed!' 'The trend is your friend!' These market aphorisms are again coming back in fashion. Upward momentum in equity markets all around the world have been steadily gathering pace since hitting what is turning out to be the lowest point ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

The best of the best in financial services marketing, sales and business development battled it out in this year's Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards, with the winners announced last night at the Shangri-La hotel in Sydney. This year's event gave ...

Up and over in the land downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
V for victory against the GFC. V for the V-shaped rebound in the Australian economy. V for 'very wrong' to those who continued to stick to their recession calls up to the very end. In case you missed it, the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday ...

Intech CEO to leave after buyout

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Implemented consulting firm Intech has been bought by research house Morningstar, with current Intech chief executive John Gethin-Jones stepping down once the acquisition is completed. Gethin-Jones will continue to run the Intech business until the ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
The times...they really have changed. Will this be Generation Next's new economic order. I speak of course about the fast increasing dominance of China in the world stage. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates unchanged at 3 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Australian shares are expected to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street. At 0754 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 16 points higher at 3,976. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
'Don't stop me now, I'm having such a good time...' Forgive me but this song from the 1970's English rock band Queen keeps playing in my head. You would be humming the song too if you woke up to Wall Street's 2.6 per cent jump overnight - the day General ...