Christine St Anne

Too big to fail

There is a seminal moment in Andrew Ross Sorkin's book, Too Big to Fail, when the short-selling ban is met with market euphoria. ... read more »

Re-visiting the adequacy debate

There is an alternative view to tackling the adequacy debate that goes beyond boosting the superannuation guarantee. ... read more »

Goodbye to all that

Many in the industry would have been bogged down in submissions given the plethora of government reviews. Next year it will be the government's turn to act on the reviews. ... read more »

A duty of care

In what some sections of the industry may see as going behind enemy lines, last week I attended the FPA's annual conference in Melbourne. ... read more »

Planning for tomorrow or living for today

SG debate heats up

While super is all about planning for the future, what has happened to living in the moment? ... read more »

Universal ideas

The Cooper Review has spurred a number of ideas in the industry, some rather left field. ... read more »

Brilliant thieves

This month I had the pleasure of attending two vastly different literary events. ... read more »

Back to retirement

Although I am still in the accumulation phase of my retirement planning, being a self-funded retiree is a definite goal for me. ... read more »

Goodbye to beta as we know it

Beta's ability to deliver double-digit returns is now part of history and institutional investors, including trustees, will be faced with some hard choices. ... read more »

Confidence and damn statistics

There is some sobering news in a raft of statistics that have come out this week. ... read more »

• Doing it for ourselves
• For richer or poorer
• A tale of two conferences
• Human behaviour
• If the size fits
• A fraction too much friction
• Life goes on despite meltdown
• Reconstructing capitalists
• Minutes to midnight
• An uphill battle as returns tumble downhill
• Protecting the honey pot
• Super of the future
• Sexy risky business
• An international bright young thing
• Keep the faith