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Govt lays ground for Stronger Super

GOVT RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... of the Group are: Paul Costello, Chair John Berrill, Principal, Maurice Blackburn John Brogden, Financial Services Council Dick Grozier, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Peggy Haines, Consultant, Freehills Richard Lloyd, CHOICE Tim Lyons ...

Santa's in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... Santa? Not to be outdone, America is also playing Santa - and its Santa is bigger than Australia's. Because its not only Tom, Dick and Harry that would benefit from Santa Obama but the rest of the world. There was worldwide cheer when Santa Obama announced ...

Fuld me twice

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... global markets into the tailspin that would eventually become the GFC, shamed former chairman and chief executive of the bank, Dick Fuld, fronted a Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) hearing overnight in Washington. A defiant Fuld told the FCIC ...

AUI hires BDM

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has appointed John Andrews as business development manager for Queensland and Northern Territory. Andrews previously worked at RBS Morgans (previously ABN AMRO Morgans) for a decade across a number of roles including ...

AUI boosts retail and insto arms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Australian Unity Investments has appointed Damen Purcell as head of retail distribution, Daniel Thomas as head of health sales in its retail arm, and Ciaran McAssey to the newly created role of head of institutional sales. Purcell, previously state ...

How high and how long

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." These words from Charles Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two Cities, have again been brought to life by two opposing monetary prescriptions by two central banks - further interest rate hikes for the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
The Australian market has received flat to mixed leads from overseas trading, with Wall Street flat, oil and copper down, but precious metals ended higher. At 0739 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was five points ...

HOSTPLUS pushes into GC retail market

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
HOSTPLUS continues to defy convention by opening a retail shop in Queensland - the first time a non-profit super fund is opening its doors directly to the public and another signal that the Victorian fund is not afraid to expand aggressively outside ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
The Australian market has received strongly negative leads from the key Wall Street and European indices overnight, and from another drop in the price of crude oil and base metal copper, although precious metals were higher. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney ...

Bullish bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
Forty years ago today, what was thought beyond the realms of human possibility became reality. Man landed on the moon. No one also imagined Professor Nouriel Roubini turning into a bull. For as long as I care to remember Professor Nouriel Roubini was ...