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NZ Super posts record annual return

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... The Guardians expect that over the long term the Fund will beat the Treasury Bill return by at least 2.5% p.a. and the Reference Portfolio return by 0.5% p.a.

Court ruling on Storm, "a blow" to consumer action

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... the premium proposed to be paid to those funding the class action and the inappropriate calculation of the premium by reference to success fees obtained by commercial litigation funders.

ASIC far too slow to act on misconduct: Senator

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been "far too slow to act" on misconduct in the financial services industry, Nationals senator John Williams told Financial Standard. Yesterday Williams introduced a motion into Parliament ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... vacate his seat at the helm of the US Federal Reserve the same way he found it...with a developing crisis. (For your reference, George W appointed him as Fed Chairman on 1 Feb 2006 and is reportedly exiting early next year). To be fair to Uncle Ben ...

ASX to introduce VIX futures contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... Christoe. "It's a descriptive tool about what's happening in the market," Christoe said. This makes it a useful point of reference for investors, economists and journalists. Trends over the past month have seen the VIX index rise from 13.007 a month ...

ANZ launches SMSF investment solution

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... investment. At maturity, the investor can choose to receive cash or a nominated asset, based on the performance of the reference asset. However, the investment is not capital protected and it is exposed to the performance and the risks of the asset ...

ASIC raises red flag on capital protected products

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... for the products. According to the regulator, the value of these investments is usually linked to the worst performing reference share, meaning investors could lose some or all of their money. Also, certain structured products labelled as "internally ...

Financial Wisdom launches discounted recruitment service

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... spending extra time on recruitment. The tools include standard templates for job descriptions, interview guidelines and reference check questions. "This service addresses feedback we've been hearing from practices that it's been difficult to recruit ...

New Zealand Super on track after strong 2012

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... active strategies have added $1.3 billion to funds under management since inception, compared to the fund's passive 'Reference Portfolio' benchmark.

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... Australian worry. It might cure what former RBA Governor Bernie Fraser call "the stupidity of government." A term he used in reference the government's insistence on a surplus at the same time that the RBA is lowering interest rates. "It's just plain ...