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New chairman for AvSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
The $1 billion-plus AvSuper has appointed Tom Grant as its new chairman, following the retirement of long serving chairman, David Leggo. According to a press statement, Grant took up his new post at the start of this month. He's been a director of the ...

Simple tax is too taxing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
If I didn't know better, I would think that the Australian Treasury Secretary's name is Henry Review instead of Dr. Ken Henry. Look around you...pick up a paper...click on a mouse, and you're sure to find Dr. Ken Henry Tax Review splattered across the ...

Contagion has already happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
Darn! Should have bought instead of sold yesterday! This will be that all too familiar refrain from many market pundits who got swept away from the sensationalisation of the Greece. Worse, others -- like US Marines -- just followed the crowd. As in ...

More super funds to introduce performance pay: survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
Almost all super funds will have a performance component built into the remuneration packages of their senior management within the next five years, and there are more fundamental changes ahead in the way super fund executives and staff get paid as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Wall Street securities have provided a positive lead to the Australian stock market on Friday, although key commodities all were lower in overnight trade. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0740 AEST, the June share price index contract was 27 points ...

Former NSW Treasury deputy secretary to head RBF-Tas

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
RBF-Tasmania has appointed former NSW Treasury deputy secretary, Philip Mussared, as its new chief executive. He replaces Simon Gillies who has led the fund for the past five years. Mussared spent the past four years in NSW Treasury, and prior to that ...

Epoch focus on free cash flow pays dividends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... Citibank, there were no meetings... it's just that nobody looked at the problem at that time the way we did," he said. Epoch's "secret sauce" is not quite so secret: it is stockmarket investing 101. "If you can't figure out how a company makes its money ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
Ohhh, I'm so scared! This was China's snap to Krudd's comment (threat?) that, "... the world will be watching how this particular court case is conducted.'' I refer to the trial and subsequent conviction of Chinese-born Australian citizen Stern Hu (head ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market has received mostly positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street finishing higher and precious and base metals prices firmer, although oil prices were weaker. At 0735 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June ...

Analyse this

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... zoomed past its benchmark by more than 12 per cent last year - gaining 47.7 per cent in the year to December - thanks to its secret weapon: career analysts. Jim Goff, director of research at Janus, a $97 billion 'fundamental' fund manager, was in Sydney ...