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Damned if you do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... farmers and training are expected to tide them over until the longer-term spending on infrastructure, public housing and school buildings and business tax breaks kick in. And if these were not enough, more will be done. The Opposition, it seems, is more ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
So it was, so it shall be. The odds - the Dow fell in 12 out of the past 16 US Presidential Inaugurations - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the ...

NGSS on mandate spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
The $2.65 billion Non-Government Schools Superannuation Fund has splurged on eight new mandates in a bid to overhaul its international equity portfolio. The super fund's $600 million international equity portfolio now counts Baillie Gifford, Deutsche ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US shares gained on optimism that President-elect Barack Obama's plan for a huge infrastructure spending package will help boost the US economy. Resource stocks may also gain after commodity ...

WW opens pension info site

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced an insurance and superannuation resource for high school students. These initiatives are just the beginning. Martin Fahy, Finsia chief executive, said the government's decision to ...

Changing of the guard at Russell

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... services group, known as Investor Services. He holds a M.B.A. from the University of New South Wales, Australian Graduate School of Management. A native of Canada, Mr Corneil has lived and worked in Australia for more than 10 years. The management changes ...

High school fin literacy for Aussies

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Insurance and super will soon be explained to high school students via a new government and ASIC-led financial literacy resource. Senator Nick Sherry, minister of superannuation and corporate law and Tony D'Aloisio, Australian Securities and Investments ...

AFS continues expansion

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... during the past 18 months. Some of these include the establishment of a Boards of Advice, Paraplanning Academy, AFS Business School, acquisition and succession planning, biannual PD days, compliance workshops, and others. Daly said AFS views itself as ...

Fin lit survey highlights deficit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... below average financial literacy scores included 18-24 year olds, people over aged 70 years and over, those who finished school at Year 10, unemployed and those on government benefits. It found just under three quarter of those with low financial literacy ...

HESTA appoints three

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
The $13 billion HESTA Super Fund has appointed two new executive managers and a compliance manager to its Melbourne office. The appointment of new Executive Managers - Member Advice and Member Education, brings an added 25 years' industry experience ...