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Super funds to provide standard risk measure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA and the Financial Services Council (FSC) worked closely with a broad range of representatives from asset consultants and industry and retail super funds to create the measure, designed to help consumers make better informed ...

Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... disaster. US President Barack Obama announced that Democrat and Republican Party leaders in both the House of Representatives and the Senate have backed the deal in exchange for more than US$1 trillion of spending cuts over the next decade. The deal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... Australian shares hit a near 11-month low before negotiations in the US after Republican leaders in the US House of Representatives postponed a vote on legislation to avert the threatened August 2 debt default. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 39.2 ...

Complicating the simple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... among themselves. This from Reuters: "It was unclear whether the deficit reduction bill presented by House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, would overcome objections from conservative rebels in his own party and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... Wall Street on Tuesday, stocks fell as the White House said it would object to a Republican plan in the House of Representatives that calls for raising the US debt limit by $US1 trillion ($A925 billion). In local trade, materials and resource stocks ...

Improved governance called for all round

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... interest groups were not being primarily selected on the basis of the appropriate skill mix. "They're there as representatives," he said. While those appointed may be highly skilled, their skills may not be the primary reason they were chosen - which ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... indices were already down for the day when the White House said it would object to a Republican plan in the House of Representatives that calls for raising the debt limit by $US1 trillion ($A925 billion). The plan would require the debt issue to be voted ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... private client advisor Bill Bishop said progress in the US debt stalemate had buoyed the market. The US House of Representatives has passed legislation allowing a conditional $US2.4 trillion ($A2.25 trillion) increase in the nation's borrowing cap. "That ...

Hillross acquires $2.2 billion planning group

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... services. IRIS' 37 advisers, located across Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales, are due to become authorised representatives of Hillross in August 2011, subject to completion of the deal. Harrison said the price might be divulged upon closing. Hillross ...

Four Australians in running for UN PRI election

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... said. The new governance structure of the PRI Advisory Council will be made up of 16 members: the Chair, two UN representatives, nine asset owners and four non-asset owners. The election will take place until July 25 and is open to over 900 PRI signatories. ...