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US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... will rock the retirement fund sector. The proposal for a fiduciary advice standard is being pushed by the US Department of Labor (DOL) in its authority overseeing occupational retirement funds subject to the ERISA legislation. Lisa Bleier, managing director ...

Privatisation backlash derails infra investing

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... term - despite them having won one of the most commanding electoral victories in Australian history just three years ago. Labor's shock victory in Queensland follows its return to power in Victoria after only one term in opposition, and now the issue ...

Super is working but can be improved: Ripoll

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... mean different things but in this case I think it means change that is seen outside the political or budgetary cycles. "Labor understands this, that is why we took to the last election a proposal to move super away from the political decision making ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... figures. At 0813 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up six points points at 5,758. The US Labor Department said the US economy added 257,000 jobs in January, better than the 235,000 projected by analysts. The report also ...

FEATURE: Understanding mFund

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
Offering instant diversification, professional management and exposure to assets not easily reached by individuals, managed funds represent a one-stop shop that's suitable for every type of investor. But despite these obvious benefits, the penetration ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... expectations have remained stable... the Committee expects inflation to rise gradually toward 2% over the medium term as the labor market improves further and the transitory effects of lower energy prices and other factors dissipate". This gave me an ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... Senate Economics Committee issued a report that was broadly supportive of the Coalition's proposed amendments. But both Labor and the Greens dissented. Over the next few months, tension rose between those in favour of and against the amendments. In late ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... from an improving job market and cheaper fuel. Jobless claims decreased by 3,000 to 294,000 in the week ended December 6, a Labor Department report showed. In local economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases October lending ...

Labor asks for bipartisan consensus on FSI super issues

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... of the superannuation system," following the release of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) final report. Bowen said that Labor welcomes the release of the report, but noted that "it is important that key matters of the financial regulation have bipartisan ...

Are we there now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
Yo momma! We're there now. The US Bureau of Labor Statictics' (BLS) latest update on America's employment situation - the momma of all eco stats - indicates that the economy is no longer mending, but that... it has mended. I refer not only to the much ...