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BUSS(Q) calls for sub-contractor legislation

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... receive a higher hourly rate which is meant to cover holiday pay and super - many still don't contribute, he said. "This is a huge issue in building and construction and it affects other industries where workers have been made sub-contractors. It will ...

Away for Easter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... resurrection. To explain this, just look at the volume of trade in the S&P last night. A total of 4.2 billion shares changed hands. Huge right? But this is down by more than 11 per cent (550.6 million) from the previous trading day's volume. This is ...

Future still belongs to super

... presents issues for all segments because it is a popular and fragmented sector that is difficult to regulate. SMSFs are a huge market and caution will have to be exercised to ensure that any proposed policy changes do not create unintended or adverse ...

Treasure for trash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... some may now be wringing their hands - at the thought of the greenbacks that will flood their vaults in exchange for the huge pile of garbage now littering their balance sheets. But...but, at what price would they be willing to turn their garbage into ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... jumped on Wednesday when the plans were announced but then fell Thursday and Friday as investors became concerned that the huge injection of money into the economy could cause inflation. On Friday, the Dow industrials fell 122.42, or 1.65 per cent, to ...

Pay to perform

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... flagged should put boards under notice - particularly those which are looking at awarding any of their outgoing top executives huge packages after shareholder wealth has been lost," said Dr Sam Kovacevic, an expert on executive remuneration from Organisation ...

BT revamps wrap for equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... self-managed super fund market and investors' appetite for direct equities. Lastly, Lawrenson believes that there would be a huge uptake of listed securities when the market recovers, and when advisers look to transfer their cash holdings on the BT Wrap ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... 702.00, and the Nasdaq composite index was 48.80 points lower, or 3.54 per cent, to 1,329.02. LONDON - The bailout of AIG and a huge cash call at banking giant HSBC sent European markets lower. Europe's largest bank by market value reported a 70 per ...

China could own America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... biggest global banks and they can choose the latest model Chrysler, GM or Ford. The US government has already injected a huge amount of taxpayers' money into Citigroup and Bank of America by buying preferred shares in these banks. But preferred stocks ...

CFS pumps up ESG investing

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... looking at ESG issues," said Amanda McCluskey, head of sustainability and responsible investment at CFS. "So while there is a huge amount of volatility in the markets at the moment, there's a strong need to look at ESG and how it fits into portfolio ...