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Infra committee recommends ISA's inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014

... long-term investors in infrastructure projects, the settings will facilitate increased participation by super funds in productivity enhancing projects. "Adopting the model would benefit governments by opening up projects to a wider range of investors ...

New Fortnum advice business targeting accountants

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014

... obligations under the government's new regulatory framework. It will also work with accountants to boost practice productivity and growth, form referral relationships with centres of influence, and build expertise in areas like superannuation, estate ...

ASX IT upgrade to boost productivity 80pct

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014

The ASX has completed a major back office IT upgrade that it expects will boost systems productivity by up to 80%. The upgrade involved redesigning its systems architecture for corporate actions management, improving Straight Through Processing (STP) ...

Research houses give Medibank IPO approval

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014

... special report on the IPO. "We consider Medibank Private well-placed to produce solid long-term earnings growth from productivity improvements and industry-wide growth." The indicative price range of the IPO is between $1.55 and $2.00 per share while ...

CBA 'open-minded' about Bitcoin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014

... risk. They're certainly not. However, well executed infrastructure projects create jobs and drive long term profit productivity."

Unexpected impact of tech on US monetary policy

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014

... the company's Americas fixed income team said: "The US could be in for quite a boom period from technology-related productivity gains."

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014

... restrained by continued imbalances between global saving and investment, together with potentially lower rates of global productivity growth". Read, interest rate hikes would be limited and gradual. More different again is the European Central Bank (ECB) ...

"Pleasant" but...

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014

... gross domestic income even went up by 1.3% despite a sharper 7.9% drop in the terms of trade. And then there's rising productivity. No buts here, productivity increased by 2.8% in the year to June - more than the 1.6% long run average and even the higher ...

SG freeze to hit young and low income earners hardest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

... system a plaything of successive Treasurers will erode confidence in our system. "It will mean less investment in productivity enhancing and nation building infrastructure, more pressure on future federal budgets due to increased reliance on the pension ...

Cap market efficiency plummets

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014

... to look at ways to enhance the capacity of super funds to invest in infrastructure and other initiatives to drive productivity and growth." Whiteley said the issue is especially important to industry super funds because they are often seen as a source ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:33PM

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA | 11:56AM

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI | 11:09AM

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA | 12:20PM

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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