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Shorten takes on superannuation portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... Bowen's parliamentary combat skills and how he impressed during the previous government, as well as his position as a western Sydney MP whose star is on the rise. Prior to his appointment as minister for super, Shorten was parliamentary secretary for ...

Europeans flock to Asian stocks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... very much a local market, heavily influenced by government policy. "Money flows, if you like, are still dominated by the western world, which has been investing and accumulating pension plans for more than 20 years," explained Urquhart. "That size of ...

Infocus FUM grows to $3bn

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... strategy in the coming year, targeting a number of domestic markets. "We already have a strong presence in Queensland and Western Australia but we want to continue growing in those two states just to fill the gaps in our geographic footprint," Steinhardt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... addresses an Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Retailer Metcash Ltd holds its annual general meeting. In Perth, Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett addresses the Australian Pipeline Industry Association lunch on `Developing WA-Getting ...

Hung

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... political risk. Sovereign Risk? Australia with its floating exchange rate and debt and deficit one of the lowest in the western world - what sovereign risk? True, the yield on 10-year Australian bonds increased from 4.92 per cent just before Saturday's ...

Election campaign ignores seniors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... House in Canberra this morning, largely deserted as most politicians are actively targeting swing seats in Queensland and Western Sydney, the National Seniors Australia (NSA), the Association of Independent Retirees (AIR) and the Federation of Ethnic ...

AMP fin centre opens first fee-for-service shopfront

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... post its launch." The AMP Financial Planning Centre is located at 20 Smith Street, Parramatta in the financial hub of Western Sydney. AMP is not the only planning group to roll out a retail initiative. MLC Financial Planning adopted a similar strategy ...

INGIM hires southern region manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... responsibility for building the organisation's presence in the financial adviser markets in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia. The appointment coincides with INGIM opening a sales office in Melbourne. Devlin joins INGIM from AXA ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... the collapse of Octaviar continues in the NSW Supreme Court. The Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum begins in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. On Friday, Australia's sharemarket suffered broad-based falls as investors offloaded risk. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Fidelity's Bolton eyes small to mid-size China stocks

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... companies that have the ability to grow significantly in the next 10 years where valuations are generally higher than Western equivalents but are not at a significant premium. He also targets medium to small sized companies with reasonable growth potential ...