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Climate change opportunities, not just costs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... that such moves will give Australia political leverage to help drive and shape the global transition, said Senator Wong. Debate around how to design and implement an emissions trading scheme however has to avoid misinformation. "Many countries are already ...

Contribs tax for women under review

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... potentially removing the 15 per cent contributions tax on super of women at certain stages of their work life fuels further debate on how the government can help narrow the gender gap on retirement savings. Senator Sherry, minister for superannuation ...

Energy investments surge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... one-fifth of IPOs, noted SEFI. The Indian stock market raised US$1.4 billion in 2007. A below the radar development in the debate about alternative energy is energy efficiency technology. Countries are finding that as important as new alternative energy ...

Garvan FP practice gains SAI approval

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... based on the SAI Global's Quality Endorsed Company program, a standard identifiable by its five ticks brand. MLC took the debate on quality of advice to the next level when it signed a partnership with SAI Global to run an audit on the administration ...

Boost savings and cut interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... boosting infrastructure investment, in addition to improving retirement incomes. "This report is intended to further encourage debate on the role government can play in boosting household savings and the national savings issue will be one of the hot ...

The house that Sherry built

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
The man who chaired the passage of the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) Bill 20 years ago is back in the limelight, this time with ambitious plans to dismantle the country's jerry-built superannuation system and replace it with a cheaper and more member-friendly ...

Unlisted assets poised for higher illiquidity premiums

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... associate director at Property Investment Research (PIR), said investors should look beyond the listed versus unlisted debate and analyse the quality of the underlying property. "At the moment, rental markets across the board are still quite sound so ...

Ex-TGM chief economist moves to QIC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Institutional fund management giant, QIC, appointed Matthew Peter to chief economist. Prior to this appointment, Peter was director of investment strategy at specialist global macro manager, Tactical Global Management (TGM). Peter replaces the firm's ...

Focus on value not fees: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... shopping for advice. Clients in turn are able to walk away from advice they feel gives them little value for money. "When the debate is only focused on price, people then don't focus on the value. And there is a strong relationship between price and ...

Sparks fly at APRA statistics forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... the management expense ratios of retail funds are only 0.8 per cent compared to the 0.7 per cent paid by industry funds. Debate then become electric as APRA came under heavy criticism regarding their "return on assets" figures, which they argue is a ...