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The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Yes, it's back - the 'I' word that is. With the many letters being thrown around to describe the global recovery these days, you must be wondering what this letter 'I' stands for. 'I' stands for inflation. The fear of its return spooked Wall Street ...

Rationalise me

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
Investors and life insurance holders stuck in an estimated $220 billion worth of legacy products could benefit from new government proposals in aid of transferring them to the cheaper and modern version of their investments. The minister for superannuation ...

Super up again to $1.2 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Superannuation assets have climbed for the second consecutive quarter to reach $1.2 trillion, fuelled by the record returns recovery and stable contribution flows. According to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), superannuation assets ...

Instos move on Treasury stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Perpetual and Telstra Super have each bought more than one million ordinary shares in Treasury Group, which means both groups hold a five per cent voting share in the boutique incubator. Both groups bought more than 1.1 million of ordinary shares in ...

Westpac Super improves insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
The $2.5 billion Westpac Staff Super has changed the way it calculates death and TPD cover - introducing a tiered structure to better meet members' lifecycle insurance needs. Westpac Staff Super, which had $2.46 billion at the end of June according ...

BT Financial names new head

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
BT Financial Group chief executive Rob Coombe is taking a new post within Westpac and will be replaced by former Westpac NZ chief Brad Cooper at the helm. Westpac chief Gail Kelly has announced three internal appointments to her executive team namely ...

Women in Super to grant $10,000 scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
Women in Super (WIS) members specialising in finance are invited to apply for a $10,000 scholarship to attend the Third AIST Global Dialogue in Hong Kong next year. The conference will be held from 30 May to 4 June 2010 covering governance issues and ...

We're still in Kansas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
"Ladies and gentlemen, you're not on Kansas anymore..." (James Cameron's movie, Avatar) But based on financial market's reaction to last Friday's US payrolls report, "we must be over the rainbow!" (Dorothy Gale in the Wizard of Oz). The sun shone, the ...

Trustees snub Asian equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
Trustees of the country's largest super funds are yet to buy the Asia Growth story, with new research suggesting their asset allocation to the region will be around 2.8 per cent of their total allocation, a tiny increase from the current 2.5 per cent ...

BlackRock BGI merger completed

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
BlackRock has completed its merger with Barclays Global Investors, including Barclay's iShares exchange traded funds business. The combined firm will operate under the BlackRock name and the iShares brand will be retained. "Beginning today, we move ...