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Russell heads back to Canberra

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
Former Keating adviser and current State Super Trustee chair Don Russell is heading back to Canberra to run a commonwealth government department. Russell is also chair of the LUCRF industry fund investment committee and was formerly BNY Mellon Asset ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... disappointing market expectations for an upgrade to 2.2 per cent. Despite reports that US jobless claims rose by 10,000 heads last week to 424,000 when consensus expected a drop to 404,000 from the previous week's original 409,000 tally - recalculated ...

Don't blame China for inflation: AllianceBernstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... comes to global inflationary pressures was a central theme at the AllianceBernstein symposium where clients and industry heads gathered to discuss the changing face of global investing. Discussing the impact of emerging markets on global inflation, Anthony ...

Equities don't work in retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... funds to create products that mimic the age pension. Jeremy Cooper, former head of the Superannuation System Review who now heads the retirement income products division at Challenger Financial Services, told ABC radio last night that poor investment ...

Swan names new ASIC, ACCC heads

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
ASIC commissioner Greg Medcraft and economist Rod Sims have been recommended as new regulatory heads by Treasurer Wayne Swan. In a statement from the Treasury, current ASIC commissioner Greg Medcraft has been put forward as the next ASIC chairman in ...

Super funds win merger tax relief

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... they will avoid mistakes." The announcement comes after the Minister attended a top-level meeting yesterday with industry heads in Melbourne.

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... Australian recession, China slowdown, etcetera, etcetera. Take your pick. This time, these rationales are turned on their heads and used to explain why the Aussie is headed higher still. Global recovery, rising commodity prices, domestic interest rates ...

Rising star wins chair position

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... committee would organise programs to help educate, build networks and improve professional development. "It will tap into the heads of younger advisers, innovate and build bridges across the profession," he said. Riegelhuth said she was delighted to ...

Cavendish, Super Concepts sign with SMARTwrap

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... for a SMARTwrap offering for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The two SMSF administration providers have signed a heads of agreement with provider, Praemium Limited, for SMSF solution SMARTwrap that incorporates administration costs of the SMSF ...

Queen Qaddafi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... "pleaded with his people to view him as benign figurehead, comparable to the Queen" ) decree to "off with the protesters' heads". Investors took some risk trades off the table because -- as sensationalised by many talking heads and those with literary ...