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NGS Super rebrands, launches new logo

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Industry fund NGS Super has rebranded, launching a new logo, website, refreshed advertising and a smartphone application. NGS Super chief executive Anthony Rodwell- Ball said the rebranding was aimed at representing all of its member base, which encompasses ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

FICAP RockStar of the year crowned

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... with 160 kids a year. 89% of those children are Aboriginal and many have problems with truancy and behavioural problems at school. Many also have problems at home." Count's Mekhail was not the only winner. KPMG's Sarah Marshall took the best newcomer ...

Auction items for FICAP announced

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... corporate team-building activity for 10 people in the live auction and a one-day floristry styling course for two from Pearsons School of Floristry and a $170 voucher for the Sydney Seafood School in the silent auction. Weave and its Kool Kids Club is ...

PROFILE: Centric Wealth CEO Phil Kearns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... with the intention of becoming a stockbroker - that he realised he had more than an average level of talent. "When I left school, I was going to give the game away," he says. "My mother wanted me to focus on my studies. But a mate of mine's dad - who ...

(Back) wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... back on? Just joking... I'm with Optus. But what are the implications of this slower wages growth for the economy? One school of thought argues that this would lead to an economic slowdown as lower wages prompts lower consumer spending. The other school ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
It's the weather, stupid! This was how Wall Street interpreted last disappointing data on retail spending and weekly jobless claims. 'Twas a convenient excuse (rationale?), particularly last night when a skyful of snow dropped on the East Coast about ...

Emulation funds slash performance as well as cost

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... losses that appear to outweigh the benefits of reduced transaction costs," CMCRC PhD candidate from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management Zhe Chen said. "Related to this, the research suggests that active fund managers have some skill in the inter-day ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... These include: an ageing population causing people to spend more on health; shifting education preferences driving rises in school fees; an attempt at all levels of Government to raise additional revenue -- resulting in big increases in tobacco excise ...

PROFILE: AMP Horizons director Amelia Constantinidis

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... she was under pressure to steer away from a path that most girls growing up in Sydney today take for granted. "I finished school in year 10 because my parents said Greek girls were destined to be full-time mums, to find a man, marry and stay at home." ...