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GFC highlights five-year outperformers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... director at Hyperion Asset Management, cited similar reasons for the fund manager's five-year performance record. He said the secret behind their success is buying firms that present well-capitalised balance sheets and had a very strong competitive advantage. ...

Legal funds merge into Legalsuper

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
Legalsuper has merged with two similar industry funds - the $140 million Victorian Bar Superannuation fund and the smaller Blake Dawson Partner's Superannuation Fund. The mergers bring legalsuper's total funds under management to over $1.1 billion ...

Furlan to lead Super Complaints Tribunal

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
The former compliance manager for LegalSuper Jocelyn Furlan has been appointed chair of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal. Senator Nick Sherry, the former minister for superannuation and corporate law, announced Jocelyn Furlan as the full-time ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
The times...they really have changed. Will this be Generation Next's new economic order. I speak of course about the fast increasing dominance of China in the world stage. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates unchanged at 3 per cent ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
Just as leading Unions have stepped up their battle against lifting the retirement age, the government has been forced to dismiss their claims for special rules for manual workers labelling them unfair. The Australian newspaper today reported that the ...

Acronyms pull down USD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
Indications are emerging that markets are 'starting to heal' but 'forceful and sustained' policy actions are still needed. These words from US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner perhaps best sum up the macro-environment for the second quarter economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained on better homebuilder sentiment and positive comments about banks from analysts. Oil and industrial metals also gained overnight, suggesting energy and mining stocks will ...

Avoiding the black swan

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... cent in order to get back to where you were...whereas if you have a $10 loss, it's much easier to get back," he said. "The secret to investing is not excess returns but it's the avoidance of significant loss." EIT is part of the Janus Capital Group ...

Rothfield heads ML economics

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
John Rothfield has been named head of Australia Economics for Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. A native of Australia, Rothfield will relocate from San Francisco to Sydney. For the past 15 years, Rothfield has worked in Bank of America's Global Foreign ...

James Hardie a case study on governance

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Yesterday's civil proceedings against seven former non-executive directors and three former executives of James Hardie is a "landmark decision" in Australian corporate governance, said ASIC. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...