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Hunter Hall appoints head of retail sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... intensive animal farming, animal testing for cosmetics, activities that give rise to human rights violations, unremediated destruction of the environment, uranium mining and nuclear reactors." In one of its funds it also positively screens "enterprises ...

ISA attacks financial 'short-termism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
A tendency to take a short-term approach to investment is leading to a "destruction of fundamental value" and declining levels of investment to GDP outside the mining sector, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA). In its submission to the Financial ...

Is benchmarking being legislated?

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... justification for putting clients in particular asset classes," Ramsay said. "You could see some significant wealth destruction in real terms," he said. Van Eyk Senior Asset Consultant Fil Andronaco noted that many portfolios had a bias to "quality stocks" ...

Radar Results creditors meeting to go ahead

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... meeting is set to take place at the offices of CRS Warner Kugel in Sydney. The meeting will also look at the early destruction of books and records, the remuneration for the liquidators and a statement to the creditors from one of the directors. The ...

Non-mining sectors must pick up the growth mantle

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... investing and start hiring," said Haslem. Better global economic conditions, mean Australia is witnessing less "wealth destruction," which in turn will lead to better consumer spending, he said. "We think the economy can transition due to more jobs ...

Early engagement key to next-gen wealth transfer

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... to a family member who will use it meaningfully is a major concern for many ultra high net worth individuals. The destruction of wealth is a common problem when it passes to children or young adults who have little knowledge of how to manage their finances ...

Uncertainty goes uncertainty comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... several weeks, the impact on GDP as a whole will be mixed to slightly positive." "The upfront decline in GDP and the destruction of physical wealth will be offset over time by greater economic activity. So while the balance sheet of the country as a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... crisis could plunge advanced economies into deep recession and even depression, with waves of bankruptcies and wealth destruction in Europe, also seemed to have had little impact. Last but not least, a Moody's warning that the debt crisis threatened ...

The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... misleading and deceptive conduct. And what does S&P have to say about this? What can they do but use their weapon of mass destruction - their scissors. They put LGFS on "Crediwatch Negative" because of the negative implication of the 12 NSW councils' ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... increased to 419,500 that is above the 400,000 generally regarded as the break-even number between employment creation and destruction. I would take any trickle of good news any day... but the flow of economic stats still doesn't inspire much confide ...