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EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... forecasts for a gain of 0.5 per cent. Who cares? The world boomed and busted while Japan remained in limbo since the 1990s. Next stop, Europe. Yes, there's an OMG moment there too. There the worry is about the expiration of the European Central Bank's ...

Westpac gives employees 12 months super pay

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... eligible employees will receive contributions of 9 per cent of their base salary paid as a lump sum amount. But the buck doesn't stop here - Westpac is extending its support to customers by waiving administration fees for its BT Super for Life account ...

Australians frustrated with fin companies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
Australia's finance industry, including financial services, has the highest customer turnover following poor customer service, compared with telecoms, internet service providers and insurance, new research shows. A survey of 702 respondents by RightNow ...

NAB Super improves insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... they suffer a disability. In addition, the fund has also introduced extended cover, a continuation option for members who stop working with NAB, and continuing death cover, among others. The new arrangements kicked in 1 April.

Planners advising ETFs double

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... report, which surveyed 7,400 investors and 780 planners, show 30 per cent of planners now advise on ETFs. But the figures don't stop there - a further 17 per cent indicate they are considering using the product within the next 12 months as demand increases. ...

All that glitters are gold ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... there's physical gold behind it. Once there's no more gold available, which is still a long way away from happening, we would stop issuing securities and the ETF would start trading at a premium to the spot price." The World Gold Council estimates investors ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... come down, wealth is eroded. Consumers start tightening their purses. Businesses begin to see shrinking demand and delay (stop?) investment in equipment, in buildings and structures and in staff. Income and wages fall, company profits fall, equity market ...

Challenger injects more liquidity into annuities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
Challenger responds to planner demand for liquidity in lifetime annuity strategies through a new product that guarantees investor access to capital for the first 15 years of their investment. A spokesman from Challenger confirmed that the new product ...

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... on detox by shrinking its public sector. In short, there is fear that the whole Europe would be weakened by bulimia. Next stop... the world. Germany's unilateral ban on naked short-selling only reinforced fears that Europe's problems might be more than ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... Wall Street plunged again due to concerns about the possibility that Europe's debt crisis might spread around the world and stop the growing recovery in the US. The Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest one-day points drop since February 2009. ...