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Business continues to resist 12pct SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
The superannuation industry might have unsurprisingly welcomed the passing of the SG increase, but the business lobby is continuing to voice its opposition to what it sees as a de facto tax rise. Speaking on ABC radio last week, chief executive of the ...

PJC releases MySuper report

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... should be satisfied that the employer is likely to comply with the threshold in the near future," the report added. Unsurprisingly, the PJC also recommended parliament pass the super legislation. The PJC on Corporations and Financial Services is chaired ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... from the week -- Alcoa, JPMorgan Chase and Google -- were solid. Alcoa's profits tripled from a year earlier but unsurprisingly sagged from the second quarter as aluminum prices fell. JPMorgan's earnings beat expectations but still slipped slightly. ...

Promotion prospects need to be addressed: Survey

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... surveyed were split fairly evenly, with 46 % saying they felt upbeat, and 44 % with a negative economic outlook. Unsurprisingly Chinese professionals had the most positive outlook, with 57 % of those surveyed saying they felt optimistic about the economy ...

Australia ahead of pack in IT wealth spend

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... management industry's IT investment will reach $4.6 billion by 2015, an 8 per cent rise from the start of 2011. Unsurprisingly, China and India will lead the way with compound annual growth rates of 14% and 12.5% respectively, with Australia growing ...

Financial services feel cloud benefit

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... increased capital allocation to managed solutions with 55 per cent of those interviewed spending more in that area. Unsurprisingly, the poll found that financial technology executives want the ability to process data quicker, cheaper and more reliably ...

APRA puts spotlight on super

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... performance in the recently completed financial year, the number of enforcement actions APRA was forced to make unsurprisingly dropped by 13 per cent from 264 to 229. The appointment of acting trustees dropped significantly, from 38 cases in 2009 to ...

Rising tide lifts hedge funds in September

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... performing international strategies include convertible arbitrage, fixed income arbitrage and distressed securities. Unsurprisingly in an equity market rebound, short selling has performed the worst.

Core and satellite approach not bulletproof: study

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... consistently performed worse than active management, even when passive fund returns are adjusted for their lower fees. Unsurprisingly, the study found that multi-manager configurations, which effectively combine the two, rarely achieve outperformance ...

Aussies cling to shares: ASX

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... total ownership level has declined 5 per cent from 46 per cent when the study was last conducted three years ago. Unsurprisingly last year's market downturn and volatility were the major perpetrators of the drop. The ASX however maintains that there ...