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AIST CEO asks for long term changes in super

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
Modifying superannuation six months before an election is not helpful, but super does need to change on the long term, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia. Garcia, who took over the role ...

2013 FICAP RockStar crowned

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Trent McArdle from ANZ was crowned the 2013 FICAP RockStar at the annual 'Who wants to be a RockStar event' held Upstairs at the Beresford last night. His rendition of 'Kryptonite' by 3 Doors Down won him the Perpetual Best Male Artist Award as well ...

FICAP Rockstars gear up for tonight's fundraising

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Tonight the financial services industry will crown a new FICAP RockStar at the annual 'Who wants to be a RockStar event'. The competition will be fierce with 12 RockStar hopefuls trying to win over the judges and the finance industry crowd, while raising ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Australian shares remain near four-and-a-half year highs, pushed up by a fifth straight day of gains on Wall Street. The market has opened about 0.1 per cent higher, with mining stocks the best performers in early trade. CMC Markets chief strategist ...

Hamilton prepares counter-bid for Elders forestry scheme

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Hamilton Securities Limited is readying a competing bid for the acquisition of the Sandalwood Scheme, an agricultural investment scheme managed by Elders in Western Australia. Elders is under financial pressure to offload the forestry assets and has ...

Time for Japan sceptics to think again

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Bank of Japan's shift to a pro-business policy is a landmark decision, according to Nikko AM, which believes that the world's third largest economy is finally ready to deliver after two decades of sub-standard returns. Japanese equities have delivered ...

CFSGAM inflation plus fund targets post-retirement market

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... the CFSGAM CPI Plus fund at a media lunch yesterday. Unlike a typical balanced fund whose performance is at the mercy of the ups and downs of the equity market and measured by its relative performance versus its peers, the CPI Plus fund has a highly ...

Beans means Buffet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
Buffet buys beans (and ketchup) maker. I think this about sums up the major event of last night. Wall Street liked it. It closed on the up after a down opening buffeted (pardon the pun, or is this a pun?) by news of continuing contraction in the economies ...

Four new SMSFs every hour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... established every month, that's 100 daily and around four every single hour. This growth is reinforced by the number of SMSF wind-ups during 2012 at 3,644 being about half the number of the year before when 6,403 SMSFs were wound-up. However, the bigger ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Financial markets were on wait mode overnight - waiting for the Fed's verdict on monetary policy. And they had fun while waiting, for most souls expect the US central bank to continue what it's been since last September - bribing the bears into hibernation ...