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UK govt tempts super funds with real estate projects

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... current role as chairman of the UK Trade & Investment Regeneration Investment Organisation (RIO), which was launched by UK Prime Minister David Cameron in 2013 to find investment and create jobs and economic growth for the UK, he is charged with showcasing ...

Scrapping LISC was shameful and retrograde: Bowen

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... "shameful" and added that the outcome of it has been "terrible" for low income earners, especially women. "Two years ago the Prime Minister appointed himself minister for women and yet the single biggest policy decision that this government has made ...

UBS enters SIV space

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... joins the likes of Macquarie, NAB, Westpac, BT, CFSGAM, ANZ, IOOF, La Trobe, Legg Mason, Credit Suisse, Moelis & Company and Prime Value in providing compliant products.

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... day..." - Peter Cetera, "Glory Of Love Lyrics" For a little while there, I was ready to give that knighthood to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot and his Treasurer Joe Hockey for turning "Bloody Monday" around into a "Bounce back Tuesday" and a "Top ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... building because they know they can be trusted." Is Modi India's investment guru? The election of Narendra Modi as Indian Prime Minister in May 2014 captured the imagination of millions of people all over the world. This was the first time in thirty ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... deal provides vast opportunities for Australia's financial services industry. It builds on strong foundations set by former Prime Ministers Whitlam, Hawke, Howard and Gillard and puts Australia ahead of the USA, Japan and most of Europe in signing an ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... inflationary pressures. However, this is a small beer problem compared with the political uncertainty, the mistrust for Prime Minister Najib Razak, over which the Malaysian central bank has no control. Najib is reportedly facing questions over some US$700 ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... the ability and freedom to respond to incentives, the ability to adapt and the willingness to take on risk". But alas! The Prime Minister and the Treasurer of the day are more worried about hanging onto their seats than anything else and at this very ...

Financial services industry unites for marriage equality

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... happen in two weeks' time. Australian Marriage Equality (AME), the organisation behind the campaign, will give the letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott on August 17, the first day of the next Parliament sitting. Banking institutions supporting the initiative ...

Cbus moves insurance to TAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Industry superannuation fund Cbus will move its group life insurance to TAL Life in November, ending its previous partnership with Hannover Life Re of Australasia. The move will deliver no premium increase to members, which is a significant agreement ...