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More bombshells before the recovery

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
The prices of local shares, property and commodities will fall further in the coming months before the government's stimulus package kicks in and takes the market out of the doldrums, said the panelists of an industry briefing held this morning. Speaking ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... and Japan. That is, the target rate will reach zero. Gilts too would fall to historical lows as in the US. In efforts to stop the hemorrhage, like most other central banks, the Bank of England (BoE) has brought its base lending rate to 1.5 per cent as ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... financials. "It's pretty ugly," Mr Potter said. "We're in the depths of a bear market and no-one knows when it is going to stop. "The materials sector is being hit heavily by concerns over the economies of our major export partners, Japan, China and ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... offer they can't refuse (or its off with their heads) to its state-owned corporations - and there are plenty of them - not to stop investment (in buildings and equipments and people). And could its banks and lending institutions refuse its government ...

Aussie tech providers score overseas deals

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... business. Price Bailey's Private Client division was forced to look elsewhere for an administration provider after UBS decided to stop providing the service in November last year. James King, head of Price Bailey Private Clients, said the firm remained ...

No fee rises until 2011: Hostplus

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... moratorium on raising its member fee for its core and personal products for at least the next two years. Hostplus's decision to stop increasing its member fees marks the first time an Australian superannuation fund has made such a guarantee since the ...

Calls to cut super contribs fails to get traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... contributions to rise to 15 per cent. With super funds now bigger than banks it may also bring superannuation out of the shadows and stop them being treated so subserviently by government and other financial institutions. "Another economic institution ...

Govt targets judge's super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
The Government might have rejected a call to let employers swap employer contributions for extra take-home wages as a short term fiscal stimulus, but it hasn't stopped them threatening to slash non-contributory super paid to new judges. The Australian ...

Govt targets judge's super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
The Government might have rejected a call to let employers swap employer contributions for extra take-home wages as a short term fiscal stimulus, but it hasn't stopped them threatening to slash non-contributory super paid to new judges. The Australian ...

Super funds fight for human rights

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Can super funds join forces to stop human rights abuses, improve the lives and rights of hundreds of people in just over a year? According to four Swedish pension funds, nothing is impossible. The Ethical Council of the Swedish AP-Funds, made up of ...