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FOFA moderate and reasonable: ISN

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... staff. But speaking at the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) hearing this morning, Whiteley refuted the figures, saying the ISN report on which it appeared the comments were based, has since been updated. "Firstly the data quoted did not include or ...

Grain price hints at strong growth: CFSGAM

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... Macpherson said both hard and soft commodities valuations are currently looking attractive due to the last six months but that isn't to say that things are going to recover tomorrow. "Agriculture stocks are a volatile sector due to weather impacts and ...

AMP: Women putting advice on hold

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... financial literacy of all Australians. Lack of awareness of the value of financial advice or the specifics of financial products isn't a gender-specific issue," said Kirby.

MySuper Mythconceptions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... requirements. Instead it is because MySuper will force fund promoters to define the dimensions on which they compete. Finally, MySuper isn't even compulsory. Fund promoters that do not wish to compete this way aren't even required to do so as MySuper ...

Ripoll defends FOFA integrity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... insurance commissions inside super. "Since Bernie Ripoll's inquiry was recorded the Governments agenda has been hijacked by ISN and it is imposing unnecessary costs on planners that will have to be passed onto consumers," said Cormann. When pressed if ...

Europe push-US pull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... that Europe's failure to resolve the debt crisis could have "significant adverse effects" on the global economy. News? This isn't news. News is Fitch Ratings latest bombshell - the credit ratings agency said that it "believes that unless the Eurozone ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... yes to you too gentle reader Spud, Europe went haywire again last night - giving weight to your assumption that, "... Italy isn't the end of the euro debacle. France can't be far away and if they go down then no one can tell us how bad things will get. ...

Investment the way of the future, says ANZ chief economist

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... main growth poles, China, the EU and the US, are driving the global economy. "The Euro area is in serious trouble, the US isn't doing too well, and China is doing OK but has big risks, hence qualified caution about where the world is heading," said Thirlwell. ...

ASFA: Focus on the positives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... infrastructure and climate change. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos also spoke of the need for the industry to address groups it isn't currently engaging with, such as indigenous people, passive investors and divorcees. Vamos also highlighted the messages ...

Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... threat? We already are in contagion land folks. And if this is contagion, I say bleh. A near 4% drop on Wall Street? Bleh! This isn't even half the 9.04% spiral on the S&P 500 -- or the more than 733-point drop in the Dow -- on 15 October 2008 during ...