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Flip flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... (inadequate skepticism/excessive optimism 15.3% 3. Over time, the single largest investment risk for my institution is? Incentive misalignment 6.8% Short term-ism, being prone to overreaction 58.1% Conventionality, fear of being different 5.4% Overestimating ...

RBA holds rates but deploys rhetoric as magic pudding

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Reserve Bank governor Glen Stevens can hold off policy adjustments if rhetoric can help get the economy moving again, according to Instreet managing director George Lucas. Yesterday the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) surprised the market by holding ...

Find super savings in public sector: Sherry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
Former Rudd-government minister for superannuation Nick Sherry has advocated scrapping remaining defined benefit schemes for public servants and finding necessary savings by reducing public sector contributions instead of making cuts to broader super ...

Razor to board's pay follows PwC review

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
Perpetual's directors have had their pay slashed after a review by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that they were overpaid. After the ASX-listed financial services company's 2011 annual general meeting returned a 26% 'no' vote on the remuneration package ...

Bendigo and Adelaide bank execs loose bonus

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... incentives had been paid to its executives, including managing director Mike Hirst. In light of the result, no long-term incentive grants were made to senior executives in the 2012 financial year either, said the annual report. After the bank revealed ...

Super concession cuts ignite SMSF debate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
Reports that tax concessions to super will be cut by the Government to fund upcoming health and education initiatives have sparked debate in the industry over whether high balance super members and SMSFs in particular are paying their share. Recent ...

Faith in monetary policy spawns new investment theme

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... going to be uneconomic." Moving to a period of negative real interest rates in both the EU and the US will provide an incentive to increase hard assets in order to protect against inflation with an attractive option being to borrow at the current interest ...

Swan talks up bank reforms for competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
Treasurer Wayne Swan has talked up the Government's banking reforms, dubbing them "a better banking deal" for consumers amid last week's call for a major financial system review. Former committee member at the Wallis Inquiry, Ian Harper last week issued ...

KiwiSaver 5 years going strong

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
KiwiSaver, New Zealand's opt-out default workplace superannuation scheme, has just had its fifth birthday and despite its early critics now has almost 2 million members and $A8.8bn in assets. KiwiSaver membership is equivalent to about two-thirds of ...

Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... in May and June from 8.1% in April. So here we go again folks -- another reason to keep our heads down... or an added incentive for dear Uncle Ben to start blabbing about QE. Financial markets are certainly hoping so, else they would have dropped by ...