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Report questions infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... none of Australia's capital cities fully met state and federal infrastructure targets. Australian Treasury official Jim Murphy last month issued a warning on the widening fiscal gap projected for infrastructure, highlighting the need for better private ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... Treasuries. While the bugbear that is Europe is seemingly at peace now after Greece got its second bailout, there's still Murphy's Law to worry about. Just last night, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reminded us of this, declaring that the relative calm ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... braking effect for more monetary policy stimulation. And then there's Factor X - whatever that may turn out to be. Remember Murphy's Law. However, the flow of better than expected US eco stats over the past few months provide a better-than-even chance ...

S&P calls for adviser education on new ETF indices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... the onus on the quality, robustness and transparency of index methodologies and underlying asset prices," said Richard Murphy, ASX spokesperson. Proposed FOFA legislation and the requisite shift to a fee-for-service model will make ETFs more relevant ...

No time for FOFA impact statement: OBPR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... a suitable standard. In evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into the FOFA reforms held last month Jim Murphy, market group executive director for Treasury said, "the fact of the matter is OBPR ran out of time." "This occurred during ...

Second best month of the year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... in Europe, we still could see a plus sign in front of European equities by November's end - barring of course, another "Murphy's Law" moment in Europe. Former ECB VP Lucas Papademos has replaced resigned Greek PM George Papandreou and former EU competition ...

Social investments hinge on the right financing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... ensure that the right structures are put in place to ensure there is an investable not for profit sector in Australia," said Tim Macready, chief investment officer, Christian Super.

Christian Super joins Government to seed community fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... same market risks," said Peter Murphy, chief executive officer, Christian Super. Christian Super's chief investment officer Tim Macready said the community finance sector compliments the funds investment strategy. "It brings exposure to an emerging sector ...

Carbon blast from the GST past

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... majority of one, the margin for something going wrong and the tax measures not passing legislation is high. Remember Mr. Murphy's immortal words, "If something can go wrong, it will." But assuming it gets signed off as dictated last Sunday or in another ...

Leveraged ETF risk laid bare

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Morningstar's co-head of fund research Tim Murphy caused a stir at the research firm's investment conference when he showed the risks of US-style synthetic ETFs at a panel session in Sydney on Friday. Tom Keenan of iShares Australia and Graham Smith ...