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AustralianSuper adds London site to property portfolio

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... benefits for the development of King's Cross as a successful London neighbourhood," King's Cross Central Partnership chairman Sir David Clementi said. "The introduction of AustralianSuper as a like-minded investor will cement this long-term ownership ...

Government urged to leave super taxation alone

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... superannuation would undermine confidence in the country's retirement savings system, according to SMSF Association patron Sir Anthony Mason. Addressing delegates at the SMSF Association's National Conference in Melbourne, the former Chief Justice of ...

Tsipras has a dream

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... IMF/ECB/EU troika in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras but it's the same old, same old game of chickens. Tsipras begsA "please sir, may I have some more" money while at the same time promising the Greeks to an end to austerity. No wait, he pledged not only ...

WAM Research investment portfolio outperforms index by 10.1%

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Wilson Asset Management's (WAM Research) investment portfolio rose 15.1% in the 12 months to 31 December 2014, outperforming the index by 10.1%. In the six months to 31 December 2014, the portfolio maintained an average equity weighting of 69.1% and ...

Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
Oil! Oil! Oil! It's on the slide again! Just when we thought, the price of that black gold has found its footing, fresh news of higher supply and inventories and predictions of lesser demand next year took the floor from under it. While I still maintain ...

NAB appoints private wealth manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
NAB has appointed a New South Wales general manager to its private wealth division. Jason Murray joins the company from UK listed mining firm Sirius Minerals where he was chief financial officer. Prior to that he was head of capital markets at Bank ...

ANU divests seven companies, seeks equities manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
The Australian National University (ANU) has announced it will divest its holdings in seven mining companies, following a review of its domestic equity investments. The university also announced it plans to outsource its domestic equity investment management ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The nine distinguished men and women that comprise the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets today to deliberate on monetary policy settings apropos (wooh-hoo, big word) for Australia given current domestic and international dynamics. Pardon ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... after Janet's Jackson Hole detailed elaboration for the remaining "slack", the "under-utilisation" in the labour market. No sir. Speaking of slack, they may even be expanding in the Eurozone. While Germany's unemployment rate steadied at 6.7% in August ...

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... Governor Mark Carney humming this tune from "The Sound of Music" to himself (perhaps at the same time that his predecessor, Sir Mervyn King, is singing the blues). Whether it was sheer luck or deft handling of policies implemented by Sir King before ...