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The changing face of super: State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Australia's superannuation sector is expected to top $6 trillion over the next 25 years - as investors move to tap more aged-linked investments, SMSFs continue their rapid growth and super funds bring more of their investments in-house, according to ...

More disclosure pose unintended risks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... that disclosing information to shareholders on strategic skills and planning of boards remains a challenge for Australia's top companies. And while boards have become more rigorous in board evaluation processes, there is debate about how far they should ...

Johnson Report holds key to competition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... in financial services comes from the Johnson Report to reduce interest withholding tax, which could place Australia at the top of the global competition ranks, research shows. More than three quarters (72 per cent) of 63 respondents which included fund ...

Rare opportunities in US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... real estate - properties with typically 250 to 300 units in garden communiities or mid high rise buildings - in the country's top 25 markets, where employment levels remain relatively stable and supply of new housing is constrained. Michael Streicker ...

Top fund CEOs join climate change panel

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
Nine chief executives from some of Australia's biggest super funds and investment managers have formed a panel to ramp up talks on climate change policy, including the design of a carbon price in Australia. The panel includes Ian Silk, of AustralianSuper ...

Industry could face another inquiry

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has called for an in-depth review of the Australian financial system and competition among the big four banks - a move that could trigger another inquiry involving Australia's trillion dollar superannuation industry. Media ...

QE2 still the main game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
There is really nothing much to report today. Wall Street rose... a bit. The US dollar depreciated... more than a bit. There were positive reports out overnight. The third quarter reporting season is good. More than 86 per cent of companies in the S&P ...

G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Heard at the G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju: blah, blah, blah... and more blah, blah, blah. As it always is when top authorities of the top nations meet, there's going to be too much chatter and too little done. Financial markets were right to expect that ...

Bottoms up

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... has consistently been attributable to company-specific factors rather than sector, or country." But all is not lost for the top down approach championed by the likes of George Soros, Jim Rogers and Marc Faber. According to Australian Fund Monitors, global ...

AMP, AXA and CFS planners choose own super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... research shows. According to new figures from Roy Morgan, which researched nearly 5,700 super products obtained through the top six major planning groups, AMP topped the list for four years in a row with 82 per cent of planners' sales going into its ...