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Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) have commissioned a review by former Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor and Treasury Secretary Bernie Fraser to lead the development of a best practice governance code ...

RBA Gov on Fed lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... go, most are still uncertain of its ramifications - immediate and longer term. Not even the good governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Glenn Stevens, it seems. In his regular end-of-year tete-a-tete with the Australian Financial Review (AFR) ...

Local shares lacklustre in 2016

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... said all indications point to markets being in for more of the same during 2016 as they faced this year. "Recently Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stephens hosed down expectations around how much our local economy will grow. In this environment the focus ...

Colonial First State appoints new alternatives manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... fixed income markets. Tully added the investment objective of the portfolio is to produce a return that exceeds the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cash rate. "The allocation to Acadian's defensive income strategy in the defensive alternatives portfolio ...

Four steps up, four steps down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
Is the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) just toying with monetary policy or what? This is the feeling one gets when one looks at the history of the RBNZ's adjustments to its official cash rate target over the past few years. Yesterday's decision by ...

Super governance saga continues

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... proposes a third of independent directors on super fund boards. Both ISA and AIST have commissioned a review by former Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor and Treasury Secretary Bernie Fraser to lead the development of a best practice governance ...

Governance bill loses Senators' support

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... legislative vote is expected later today or later this week. Both ISA and AIST have commissioned a review by former Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor and Treasury Secretary Bernie Fraser to lead the development of a best practice governance code ...

ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... rallied strongly despite falls on Wall Street, fresh lows in iron ore, disappointing Chinese economic data and the Reserve Bank keeping rates on hold" to which we could add, the consequent jump in the A$/US$ exchange rate to over US$0.73. The same statement ...

December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... sleeps away and this December would be one of the most exciting months this year. It's as certain as sure that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would remain on hold. Gov Glenn already said so himself. "We should just chill out, come back and see what ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
"Chill out!" Although it could also apply, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) chief Glenn Stevens wasn't advising Russian President Vladimir Putin against having Turkey for Thanksgiving in retaliation for Turkey's - the country - downing of a Russian warplane ...