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Double A USA - the scare that wasn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Financial markets have again become Eurocentric - bobbing up and down on every blah that comes out of anybody who's somebody's lips. I don't think anybody could argue that Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti is somebody. Thus, when he blahed to Germany's ...

GESB appoints new member director

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... in retirement." In addition to his role at the Department of Transport, Townsing is a serving Community & Public Sector Union and Civil Service Association Councillor, is Chairman of the Civil Service Association's Superannuation Committee and serves ...

CUA launches low cost super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Credit Union Australia (CUA) has finally entered the superannuation fray and launched two low cost products in partnership with MAP Funds Management. CUA is Australia's largest mutual bank with $9bn in assets under management, almost one-fifth of the ...

Default fund listings unnecessary: FSC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
The FSC has told a Productivity Commission hearing that the continuation of default fund listings in awards is not necessary following the introduction of MySuper. Speaking in Sydney this morning, Financial Services Council (FSC) chief John Brogden ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... nations that depend on raw materials exports as traders seek havens from the deficit and debt turmoil roiling the European Union, U.S. and Japan. As the Standard & Poor's GSCI Total Return index of 24 commodities fell 8.45% since April, the Canadian ...

Australian Ethical appoints board director

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... Advisory Council. In 2009 Gibbs received the SelectingSuper industry service award. Gibbs earlier career was in the trade union movement.

NGS Super moves into Qld, WA

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
NGS Super will increase its presence in Queensland and Western Australia, with two new business development managers hired to help drive the expansion. The fund is positioning itself to grow so it can achieve the size and economy of scale necessary ...

LUCRF expands in-house investment team

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... Australian equity market, and having someone on the ground who speaks the languages will be an advantage." LUCRF Super (Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund), Australia first modern industry fund, was established in 1978 by the Storeman and Packers ...

Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... percent interest rates "through to late 2014" and "Operation Twist" carrots. The same goes for the ECB and the European Union and the BOE, et. al. But don't wipe that smile off your faces yet. For 'twas not the "as expected" Chinese growth figure that's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... Cameron Peacock said local investors were consolidating the gains of the last few days as details of the weekend European Union (EU) summit were worked out and they waited for the Reserve Bank of Australia's official interest rate decision on Tuesday. ...