Alex Dunnin Executive Director, Research & Compliance, Financial Standard (at time of writing)
ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011 The campaigning is over, the votes cast. The scrutineers have gone home. This year's award for the most ridiculous regulatory idea goes to the Neanderthals who want Facebook to be forced to give them access to their children's Facebook accounts. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011 Eva Scutts was a hairdresser born in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Petersham. In 1939 she migrated to England with her husband Basil Jagger, who was descended from a long line of schoolteachers and had two sons, Michael and Christopher. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011 If only Mikhail Gorbachev didn't blink in 1991 and shut down the Soviet Union following the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989. And if only he could have hung on for another 15 years he might have won the Cold War by default using the chaos of the ... Read more ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010 Anyone who thinks Wikileaks is only about embarrassing politicians obviously hasn't thought through what's now in play, and it's time for super fund trustees and their executives to start preparing for the new information world. Read more ALEX DUNNIN , ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010 Another budget cycle another stoush over superannuation tax concessions, but after all these years you'd think the superannuation industry would have learned a few tricks and refined their arguments. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010 If there is an upside to our dollar breaking parity it's the near universal acceptance that intervening to bring down the dollar would be futile. But for super fund trustees the bigger question is should they just take the AUD appreciation in their ... Read more ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010 What is it about retirement savings and investment gimmicks for changing the world? The latest is the Slow Money movement, which wants Americans within the next decade to invest 1 per cent of their assets in local food systems. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010 The election will soon be over and thoughts will turn to what will be the regulatory reform agenda of the next government. Big mistake. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010 After wading through the hundreds of media articles and public reactions following the release of the Cooper Report and seeing almost no meaningful criticisms apart from minor protests coming from the arts community, it's time we in the superannuation ... Read more ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010 Two reviews of super fund group insurance have come to two quite distinct conclusions. Read more |
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