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Retirement adequacy hits post-GFC low: AMP

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Declining contributions to superannuation have helped push AMP's retirement index to its lowest levels since the global financial crisis. The AMP Retirement Adequacy Index fell almost 2 percentage points to 69.4% while projected retirement savings fell ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... points at 4,350. In economic news on Wednesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) head of payments policy department Tony Richards is scheduled to deliver speech to Mobile and Contactless Payments Australia Conference 2012. In equities news, Genworth's ...

Politics around LISC heats up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
The politics around around superannuation tax expenditures looks set to heat up with Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten last week saying he will defend low income tax benefits and The Australia Institute saying the top end of town should be targeted ...

MLC CIO steps down

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
MLC Investment Management, chief investment officer Nicky Richards has resigned from her role, officially departing the firm in October. Richards joined MLC in 2010 with a mandate to lead the reinvigoration of its investment management division and ...

UK adviser offered 50% PI discounts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... initiative follows a price squeeze on the availability of PI insurance after some major PI insurers exited the market. Keith Richards, Tenet group distribution and development director, said, "As with any insurance product, less risk should be reflected ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Indexes of Economic Activity Meanwhile, the Reserve Banks of Australia's (RBA) head of payments policy department, Tony Richards, to scheduled to address the Australian Banking and Finance Retail Financial Services Forum 2012 in Sydney. In equities news ...

Aviva rebrands to Antares

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... Investment Management, Sam Hallinan, will take on the role of managing director of Antares. Hallinan will report to Nicky Richards, MLC's chief investment officer, who is now responsible for leading all of MLC's in-house asset management teams. Nick ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... turnaround in risk appetite. BHP Billiton added 59 cents, or 1.6 per cent, to $37.50 after it announced it had sold its Richards Bay Minerals arm in South Africa to Rio Tinto, in a deal that sees BHP exiting the titanium metals industry. Rio Tinto gained ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Have you seen this morning's headline on theage.com.au? "'Ugliest' of times ahead." It's all about the World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects report that, "signalled a downturn so severe it would eclipse the chaos that ...

Super industry reviews carbon tax impact

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... ecomony, with funds already prepared for environmental investment thought to be best placed under the new impost. Nicky Richards, chief investment officer of MLC Investment Management, which manages money for super fund members and managed scheme investors ...