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The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... the light that the world's biggest economy is gaining momentum. Wall Street opened strong and never looked back after learning that Uncle Sam's country has added 243,000 jobs in January - the most in nine months - following an upwardly revised 203K addition ...

CommInsure launches underwriting platform

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
Nearly 900,000 members of industry funds CareSuper and HESTA now have access to CommInsure's online application and underwriting platform. CommInsure used learnings from its retail business with the aim of helping members to up their insurance cover ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... after having already been burnt by "false starts" in Europe multiple times this year. "I think investors individually are learning now that with the European situation - whilst some sort of immediate response to the possibility of agreements might be ...

Social media and the power of diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... spoke from experience about her career challenges and successes, working her way up the ranks of the magazine world, learning the ropes and making mistakes and the benefits of diversity. "I learnt a lot from working with Gen Y," said Freedman. While ...

Australian Unity offers instos retirement investment opportunities

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... population. "Most institutional investors have not considered these investments as a board or committee so they are now learning about it from us and considering the opportunities that lie in this space."

US Girl Scouts launch financial literacy merit badge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... needs to be done about it. The financial literacy merit badge will be structured so it starts with kindergarten-age girls learning the basics about money and then going deeper into financial issues as girls get older so by the time they go to college ...

AMP appoints new CFO

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
AMP has appointed Colin Storrie as chief financial officer, replacing Paul Learning who will retire. Storrie will replace current chief financial officer (CFO) Paul Leaming effective 1 January 2012. Learning will retire at the end of the year after ...

Manager tenure impacts success: S&P

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... immediate impact on the productivity of the business with work then distributed to other members in the team, resulting in a learning period which hinders the fund. The analysis showed that when compared to short-tenured peers, portfolio managers with ...

Cost of living outpacing retirement incomes

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... costs for retirees. For the first time, the survey looked at the spending costs of those 90 years old and over. "We are learning more about the very old with the ageing population and a far bigger proportion of people hitting their 90s," said Pauline ...

Telstra Super launches retirement campaign

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... for a super fund to try and encourage those that haven't engaged with their retirement savings to spend a few minutes learning about the various elements they can act on now, in order to be in a better position in the years ahead," said Moloney. "Providing ...