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Government "tinkering" tops super industry worries

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... risks they need to protect members against) and regulation will be aimed at addressing these critical member risks." AIST CEO Tom Garcia said that it is no surprise that some respondents worry that the Government will increasingly look at super as a ...

Economic growth to slow significantly: IGR

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
The Intergenerational Report (IGR) has projected that the growth rate of the economy over the next 40 years will be significantly lower than the last 40. In introducing the report Treasurer Joe Hockey said: "It is fantastic that Australians are living ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Unlike the Greek tragedies of bailout past, investors appear to be taking a mind over matter attitude towards Grexit these days - that is, if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. The performance of the markets' fear gauge - the VIX index - tells us so. ...

Vale Mavis Robertson AM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... Network (ICGN). In 1994, she was awarded membership of the Order of Australia for her services to the superannuation industry. Tom Garcia, AIST chief executive said: "Mavis Robertson was a remarkable person who never lost sight of the social policy side ...

Grexit not Greek to Brits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
No deal! This is the latest news on the Greek bail out talks, and onwards until the next bluff we go... until the 11th hour when ultimately Greece and its creditors suddenly become lovey-dovey once more holding hands while kicking the can down the road ...

AllianceBernstein rebrands

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
Global asset manager AllianceBernstein will now be known as AB following a rebrand. The legal name of the company, which has US$474 billion in assets under management, has not changed but it has introduced a new logo. "Our firm has evolved over the ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
"US Stocks Climb as Oil Gains, Pfizer Rises on Hospira Purchase" This was Bloomberg's take on the whys and the wherefores for the S&P 500 index's 1.0% rebound overnight after slipping by 0.4% the day before that was prompted by a 9% plunge in oil prices ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Seems like more and more central banks - big and small - are getting the 'when Harry met Sally syndrome' - "I'll have what she's having". The Swiss National Bank jumpstarted it all with its "surprise" decision to abandon its CHF1.20/euro peg. This was ...

Centuria partners with Mason Stevens to deliver credit bond

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... clients achieve their specific goals and adds a further dimension of value to our offering," Mason Stevens chief executive Tom Bignill said. Centuria Investment Bond Division general manager Neil Rogan added, "We see partnerships with like-minded independent ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
Will she, won't she? Will Aunt Janet follow the other central banks' surprises of the past two weeks and spring her own at the conclusion of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting (FOMC) tomorrow? If she does, then baby, that indeed would be a ...