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US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... we got here." He argued that the "journey to this particular point" began 25 years ago due to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 and the formation of the World Trade Organisation in 1995. "After 1989, we doubled the number of people in the global ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... markets overall to recover. However, in a more upbeat sign for markets, corporate health is positive, with the US and European Union growing," he said. "Our view is that markets are rebalancing to a lower growth world. While volatility will continue ...

Standard Life Investments sponsors 2017 Lions tour

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... Zealand. The global asset manager will sponsor the famous red jersey of the combined England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland rugby union team, replacing the association with HSBC. "Standard Life Investments is a perfect fit for the British & Irish Lions ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... decision. This was one of several views presented by REST Industry Super in its submission to the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption's discussion paper on options for law reform. In the submission signed by REST chair Ken Marshman ...

Cbus Royal Commission findings impact industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
Fallout from the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption will fuel heated debates on superannuation trustee governance, selection of default super funds, and trade union relationships with industry super funds. In his scathing final ...

Pillar layoffs unrelated to privatisation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... Financial Synergy's Acurity platform. "At every step of the way, we've been open and up front with our employees and the union about this. Any business undertaking a technological change program of this size and scale would expect to see productivity ...

Mine Wealth + Wellbeing partners admin newcomer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... umbrella of the accounting system - not just the assets inside the super fund. This includes transactional banking and credit union accounts, pension and long-service leave accounting and tax, and non-super investments. Watson said: "The extra automation ...

UniSuper develops retirement product

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
UniSuper is developing FlexiChoice, a lifetime retirement income solution that addresses issues such as longevity or sequencing risk. The comprehensive income product for retirement (CIPR) is designed to provide members with access to a default lifetime ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... Eurozone is facing are a result of "a problem of the architecture of the Eurozone." "Europeans like to think that the European Union is the magnificent construction of the EU spirit. But none of that is true: the EU was created by the United States," ...

Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
The Senate is slated to have its final debate on the superannuation trustee governance bill tomorrow, which at a minimum will see one third independent directors on APRA-regulated super fund boards. The bill could see one last amendment from crossbench ...