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Real stagflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... out of town. But as finance minister Guido Mantega recently commented, "New measures should be announced, but they aren't ready yet". And there folks, in that last phrase, is what ails Brazil.

Bitcoin exchange goes live

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... data across both locations in real-time to ensure zero data loss. "The market has a fully configured production environment ready to use to should the need arise. Independent Reserve data is signed and encrypted multiple times using geographically dispersed ...

Jawbone collection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... under our new purchase programs, with the objective to steer the balance sheet of the ECB to a higher level" and the ECB is ready to implement more stimulus measures if necessary. Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda's soothing words completed ...

Two-fifths forced into retirement before financially ready

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... redundancy with new research from Mercer showing that 40% of Australians are forced into retirement before they are financially ready. According to the report, retirees will outlast their savings by more than five years on average. Only 36% of Australians ...

LGS rejects coal, tar sands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... threshold, as it has done with tobacco. The new policy is effective immediately. Lambert said a couple of LGS' managers are ready to implement the policy. For those that are not, LGS will use its own overlay to short holdings that are contrary to the ...

Super funds launch mental-illness claims benchmark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... illness related claims in New South Wales and the ACT were around half those in Victoria and Queensland. SuperFriend had no ready explanation for why this was. SuperFriend chief executive Margo Lydon said: "The SuperMIND research reinforces the reality ...

Global investors call for action on climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Some of the world's largest institutional investors have told governments they are ready to play their part in the transition to a low carbon economy, but they need governments to help them. A group of 348 institutional investors worth more than US$24 ...

Get ready for activist members, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
Superannuation funds should prepare for an increased scrutiny of their investments from members, regulators and activists, according to New Zealand Superannuation Fund manager for responsible investment Anne-Maree O'Connor. Speaking at the Australian ...

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... and compared it to the San Andreas Fault in California. He said another liquidity crisis is just around the corner: "Get ready for the heart attack - the best indicator of high volatility is extended low volatility." He said the consequence of such a ...

Advisers must attend ethics classes, say ISA and AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... monitoring and supervision for all new financial advisers. The submission argued that the financial planning industry is not ready to regulate itself. ISA chief executive David Whiteley said: "Despite the vast majority of planners doing the right thing ...