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New heatmap shames trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... others tried to "rewrite history" by resubmitting data to present their funds in "a more favourable light". "These kinds of games indicate poor leadership, are not indicative of a mindset that is genuinely seeking the best outcomes for members and certainly ...

Stop guessing games: AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... returned 91.8% net of fees in the three years to 31 March 2020, and its managers say the key is to not get caught in guessing games. Over the same three-year period global equity markets returned 30.3%. On an annualised basis the Global Companies Fund ...

Banks accused of violating worker ethics

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... secretary Julia Angrisano said. "They are expected to sell loans to their friends, spruik their employers at children's football games and never express a critical thought about the way their employer behaves." She added that workers were the forgotten ...

FASEA extension en route

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... decision could have been made far earlier." Senator Hume saw it differently though, and called on Jones to "stop playing games", and allow the FASEA extension bill to pass as non-controversial business in the next sitting. "Labor must now enable the ...

Mudslinging over FASEA extension continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... sabotages access to financial advice with an amendment on an unrelated topic. This is an attention seeking stunt, playing games with people's livelihoods. "They claim they're giving bipartisan support, but Labor's actions on this bill belie their words. ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus threatens Tokyo Olympics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... Tokyo Olympics is set to commence on July 24. A Bank of Japan (BOJ) study, titled Economic Impact of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, proclaimed that: "The government's target of 20 million foreign visitors by the year 2020 will most likely be achieved ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... We should MATCH, or continue being the dummies who sit back and politely watch as other countries continue to play their games - as they have for many years!" But hints (threats?) of US currency intervention were offset by changed market expectations ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... We should MATCH, or continue being the dummies who sit back and politely watch as other countries continue to play their games - as they have for many years!" - 7:21 am - 3 Jul 2019 This is the latest tweet from @realDonaldTrump aka US President Donald ...

Corporate super fund names new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... Australia. Outside of super, Corboy was a director of Utilities of Australia, the MDC Foundation and Australian Commonwealth Games Foundation. She is currently a director of Bank Australia, which is formerly the CSIRO Co-operative Credit Society and ...

Brookfield acquires 62% of Oaktree Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... baseball, in a regular game there are nine innings. Sometimes it goes longer - there's a tie - but vast majority of games go nine innings," Marks said. "The trouble with investing is, I can tell you we are in the eighth innings - and I believe it ...