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Better 2013 outlook risks complacency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... was coming on 21-12-2012 based on their interpretation of the Mayan calendar. Guess what? You, I, Irene and the whole of human and animal kind made it through 22-12-2012. We didn't go the way of the dinosaurs! We celebrated Christmas 2012 and watched ...

2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
Economists like predicting the future and so as 2012 draws to a close, what will be the big themes of 2013 for Australian institutional investors? The first one will be that Australia, as a fundamentally nervous nation, will continue to do all it can ...

In-house investment management risky

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... funds must understand and carefully plan. "When you bring investments in-house you turn manager 'agency risk' into a HR (human resource) risk, and internal managers are harder to terminate," said John Evans, associate professor at the UNSW Australian ...

Sandy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... They will remain closed for a second day today. Thank goodness the warnings came early and I haven't read reports of any human casualties. But as with any calamity, it's the insurance industry that's likely to be the main casualty. According to 'The ...

Trading mistake forces Indian exchange crash

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... orders were sent despite controls being in place for trading members. "But from what I understand, the event stems from a human error," Varanasi told AAP. He said that the National Stock Exchange would decide when to lift Emkay's suspension after the ...

Two execs depart Telstra Super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... product and marketing manager at Telstra Super will move to OnePath in the coming weeks while Diana Maloney, general manager Human Resources left on Friday. Maloney is making a change to move into consultancy and has been with the fund for four years ...

Towers Watson expands Microsoft agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... Recently Towers Watson has been focused on developing software solutions to support its capabilities in actuarial, investment, human resources and risk management disciplines with the technology currently used by pension funds, insurers, multinational ...

Who you know overshadows rules: Freehills view on Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... systems. Catching out novice Australian investors is the preoccupation with a 'rules-based' system, whereas in Asia the human element dominates. Michael Back, partner at legal firm Freehills, speaking at the Investing in Asia conference hosted by the ...

BlackRock to focus on model-based fixed income inv

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... Benjamin Brodsky, managing director and global head of fixed income asset allocation at BlackRock in the UK added that its human nature to stick with the familiar. "Narrowness can cause fixed income professionals to ignore the views of investors in other ...

Fall on the Wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
"Australian shares could snap a five-week winning streak after US markets fell as Fed hopes faded and data from China and Europe pointed to a stalling global economy." This was the first sentence that caught my eye as I clicked on theage.com.au this ...