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Retirement age must rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... by the same fiscal imperatives we are confronting. Premier Iemma's comments come in the lead up to this weekend's 2020 summit in Canberra. But the Premier is more concerned with how the doubling of the number of people aged over 65 will push the NSW ...

Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... professional services sector is currently running at four-times that of the technical trades. Let's hope this weekend's 2020 Summit leads to some constructive debate around these ideas rather than calls by interest groups to produce yet more non-curriculum ...

Climate change rhetoric unsustainable

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... increased costs or change their behaviour to avoid price rises," they said in a report presented to the ALP climate change summit last year. At least the government seems to realise the impact could be massive, which is why they are treading so cautiously ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... markets, Dr Guy Debelle, speaks on Recent Developments in the Australian Bond Market' at the Westpac/KangaNews Speed-Meeting Summit. Just Group Ltd and Queensland Gas Co Ltd release their interim results. In Sydney, the Asian Venture Capital Journal ...

Future Fund continues hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... dozen more to its investment team. Chief investment officer, David Neal, told the audience at the 2008 Asset Allocation Summit yesterday that the fund is aiming to recruit a further six or seven members to boost its present 12-person strong team. "We're ...

Future Fund to become top insto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... come as the fund strives to become the country's "leading institutional investor". Speaking at the 2008 Asset Allocation Summit in Sydney this morning, David Neal, the fund's chief investment officer, said that the Fund's long-term vision as an organisation ...

Future Fund on the defense

... to be seen although the fund's chief investment officer David Neal might shed some light at next week's Asset Allocation Summit in Sydney where he is a key presenter. But with the fund's private markets team on board, alternative investments providers ...

Oil rich city pours $17.1b in SRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... billion in sustainable future energy projects across North Africa and the Middle East. Launched at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi this week, the investments will be guided by the Masdar Initiative, which aims to develop a domestic economic ...

RBC Dexia wins AXA North

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... its superannuation platform, North. RBC Dexia Investor Services (RBC Dexia) already provides custody for AXA Australia's Summit and Generations platforms. David Frost, head of platform at AXA Australia said he was impressed by RBC Dexia Investor Services' ...

Frontier finds gold in sub-prime muck

... quality stocks unfairly tainted by the sub-prime crisis. Speaking as a panelist at today's Fidelity Australian Equities Summit held in Sydney, Frontier's managing director Fiona Trafford-Walker said that the group identified 18 months ago that there ...