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Maritime gives members a work out

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... education program for AUSCOAL Super. "Education has not been easy to promote to members because they often struggle to find anything of personal relevance in the content, which results in low member take-up and engagement," said Peter Robertson, chief ...

Downgrade me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... IMF predicts that at 10.8 per cent of GDP, the US would have the biggest deficit in the G-20 this year. It didn't have anything good to say about Japan either citing its disappointment over the Diet's (Japanese Parliament) recent approval of spending ...

Platforms climb back from GFC to $399bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... billion or 3 per cent of its market. "These products are an important strategic initiative, but they do not represent anything like a fundamental recasting of retail superannuation. We should calm down before over-interpreting what is happening to the ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... remainder of 2010 but also beyond the New Year. Sure, there are still ten trading days left before Xmas - 15 till 2011 -- and anything can still happen between then. But if you look beyond the negative sensationalist headlines that accompany each downward ...

60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... to lower interest to stimulate the economy for free? Will any financial institution or the US government itself sell anything gratis? By buying Treasuries the Fed is trying to raise the amount of bank reserves, hoping that those reserves eventually gets ...

More turbulence ahead: De Bever

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... costs)." He said that while equities "don't look cheap... good quality stocks might be a better place to be than almost anything else." A pioneer in alternative investing, De Bever also sees a comeback for private equity (in its original "transformational" ...

Macquarie Wrap launches model portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... investments. Model portfolios appear to be the flavour of 2011 if the latest string of mandate news and strategies is anything to go by. On November 19, newly appointed head of Asgard, Craig Lawrenson, mapped out a three-year business plan including ...

US considers retirement reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... Australia prior to establishment of the compulsory superannuation scheme in the early '90s. And if Australia's experience is anything to go by, the industry should be paying close attention as, if the same conclusions are reached, a windfall of unparalleled ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... said investors were still cautious because of debt concerns in Europe and volatility in China. "I don't think there's anything surprising there, and it's certainly not a game changer and not a catalyst in itself," she said of the GDP figures. "At the ...

Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... Cash is safe... maybe, if you can live with zero per cent and expect that no inflation to erode your purchasing power. Anything Australia is safe. Again... maybe. If today's third quarter real GDP growth report does not turn out as bad as many expect. ...