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What's luck got to do with it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Govt makes key infrastructure inquiry appointment

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013

David Murray to head financial system inquiry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... system, consistent with financial stability, prudence, integrity and fairness." In a joint statement released last night, the Prime Minister and Treasurer Joe Hockey said these recommendations should result in "less costs, lower fees and greater efficiency ...

Combet joins IFM Investors board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... Industry Super Australia. Combet, who retired from politics at the 2013 federal election following the ousting of former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, will take up his position on the board in January 2014. Prior to his time as a member of Parliament ...

QIC wins AustralianSuper US property mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... AustralianSuper head of property Jack McGougan said: "AustralianSuper is executing this strategy to increase its holdings of prime retail assets with a focus on developed markets and we are confident that QIC is the right partner for us in the US." Steven ...

Tony, SBY and Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... market activity's turning out just as I feared at the start of this week - dull and boring. What's in a word? Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused to say "sorry" (ala Johnnie Howard) only "regret (for) any embarrassment that recent media reports ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... thing. It's not a smart thing to do. It violates every single decent and legal instrument that I can think of." Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's retort's sensible: "All governments gather information... and all governments know that every other ...

Industry leaders urge Abbott to keep super rebate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... executives have urged the government to go ahead with the low-income superannuation contribution (LISC) in an open letter to the Prime Minister. Signatories include well-known super fund bosses such as HOSTPLUS's David Elia, Cbus's David Atkin and AustralianSuper's ...

Speakers confirmed for Family Office Forum

STAFF REPORTER  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... investment banking, think tanks and academia (both in New York and Oxford) and in government (with a three-year spell in the Prime Minister's office in Paris). He headed the Global Risk Network at the World Economic Forum and organised Davos. Hong Kong-based ...

Record dry powder levels in unlisted infra funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
Unlisted infrastructure funds worldwide have a record combined total of $93 billion in dry powder primed to invest in infrastructure assets, according to alternatives researcher Preqin. The figure represents a 33% increase compared to the $70 billion ...