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Bureaucratic processes hinder infrastructure investment: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The Industry Super Network (ISN) has told the federal government that Industry SuperFunds are ready to invest up to $15 billion in infrastructure, if certain impediments are lifted. "Australia has an infrastructure deficit of up to $770 billion, and ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... the US economy. Doesn't this imply that QE tapering is nigh? Uncle Ben said so. Or did he? That's the $85 billion question isn't it? In the words of "the Maestro" Alan Greenspan, "Since becoming a central banker, I have learned to mumble with great incoherence. ...

SuperStream data standards superficial

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), Industry Super Network (ISN) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) aimed at addressing implementation issues concerning SuperStream governance. The ...

Coalition super plan to harm retirees, low income earners

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... income earners were paying more tax on their super than their tax home pay. There can be no argument that the LISC scheme isn't sound policy that deserves to remain in place". The Financial Services Council has meanwhile called on the Coalition to re-commit ...

Coalition will delay SG rise, abolish LICS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... abolished. "We won't continue the low income superannuation contribution because that's also funded from the [mining] tax that isn't raising any revenue," he said. "I announce that we will delay by two years the ramp up in compulsory superannuation because ...

Instos take on risk monitoring tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... Axioma, a global risk monitoring information systems vendor that has been operating in Australia since 2010. But risk monitoring isn't just about market risk per se, but investment interactions, information that is especially helpful for investors who ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... on...didn't the IMF warned in March that it'll shave half a percent to US growth if the 'sequester' proceeds. It's in effect now, isn't it? The IMF may have opted to keep Uncle Sam's moustache on. At any rate, it's back to worries over a US slowdown ...

Cypriot banks to re-open sans banking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... outside Cyprus. No cash of over a,-3,000 per person per trip outside Cyprus. No sending of money overseas. But hey wait...Cyprus isn't restricting everything. You can still open new bank accounts and/or make as much deposit as you want. Duh! But have ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... borrow money from investors compared with Italy (4.67%), Spain (4.76%), Portugal (5.92%) and Greece (10.65%). Perhaps austerity isn't all that bad after all. Ireland, after all, is the one country that strictly complied with strict austerity measures ...