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Australia at heart of new Asia-centric world order

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... seismic shift which will put Asia at the centre of a new world order. That is the opinion of the dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore and former Singapore Ambassador to the UN and President of the UN ...

ASIC announces National Financial Literacy Strategy

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released its National Financial Literacy Strategy 2014-2017, which is aimed at helping Australians become more financially secure. Over the past 12 months, ASIC has compiled the key priorities ...

PROFILE: Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
In January, former NAB executive Scott Hartley leapt across the chasm that separates the retail and industry sides of superannuation, becoming chief executive of Sunsuper. Six months in, he reflects on the differences- or lack thereof - of the two sides. ...

In the throes of change

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... in the broader Asia Pacific region, as well as thought-provoking keynote speeches by author Dr. Michael Hewitt-Gleeson (School of Thinking) and Rebecca Costa (The Impact of Big Data). Capping the conference will be a focus on Australian and overseas ...

Senate saves the LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
The low income superannuation contribution (LISC) scheme has been saved after the Senate blocked the repeal of measures related to the mining tax. The LISC, which was a spending measure associated with the Minerals Resource Rent Tax, was saved after ...

PROFILE: Head of Australian operations at Western Asset Management Anthony Kirkham

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... picking the right security. That aspect interested me," he says. Kirkham remembers giving a presentation to his primary school peers on shares when he was just 10 years old. "Finance has always been a major interest to me and it's pretty funny looking ...

PIMCO names new head of Asia Pacific

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... Jupiter Partners, a private equity firm. He has 17 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Australian students get top marks for financial literacy

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... experience with financial matters, such as managing mobile phone contracts, bank accounts or earning money from working outside school hours. Understanding concepts such as how to budget and value for money are important for financial wellbeing from ...

Palmer to oppose abolition of LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Clive Palmer has announced his party will block legislation to abolish the low income superannuation contribution (LISC). Addressing the National Press Club today, Palmer said: "Palmer United supports the abolition of the mining tax, but cannot support ...

Christian super funds merge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
Two Christian superannuation funds, Christian Super and Australian Christian Super, have are set to merge, which will see members gain fee and insurance benefits. The sub-$100 million Australian Christian Super will merge with the $850 million Christian ...