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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... Ms Sinclair reportedly said that while such behaviour was possible, scrutiny of job network members and the system would stop such practices. CSSA found that 40 per cent of people in subsidised jobs returned to the dole within three months. NESA did ...

First State Super launches retirement products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... Dwyer, First State Super chief executive, said, "An enormous number of people are saying at retirement they don't just want to stop." So when they retire First State Super needed to have products that reflected their lifestyles, he said. The real push ...

Anti-phishing industry code needed

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
... sites falsely representing themselves as being associated with financial institutions are pretty common. So should banks stop using the web as well? Vishing (voice phishing) is already happening & so should banks stop using the phone?" A Commonwealth ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
The Monash University Centre for Economics of Education and Training has produces a report funded by the Dusseldorp Skills Forum that has found that there are about 540,000 young Australians not in full-time work or learning. Of this number 330,000 ...

ASIC bans Tweed but can't stop off-market traps

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
David Tweed, the perennial off-market shareholder predator, has been banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) from providing financial services. ASIC banned Tweed for his role relating to two offers to acquire holdings from ...

Keating laments missed super opportunities

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
Australia's stop-start superannuation reforms in the last decade, that have focused more on choice rather than actually boosting savings, have cost hundreds of billions of dollars in missed savings opportunities and we are only now starting to catch ...

Select to focus on private equity with Barwon partnership

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
... and Barwon. Formed in April 2004, the Select Alternatives Portfolio adopts a multi-manager approach and aims to be a one-stop shop for investors seeking exposure to listed and unlisted alternatives. Barwon's director, Sam Armstrong, has been on the Select ...

QSuper ploughs $2b into derivatives and swaps

Super fund QSuper has taken the extraordinary step of investing around $2 billion in derivative and swap contracts that mimic the performance of inflation-linked bonds as an alternative to buying the real thing. As the name suggests, inflation-linked ...

ING OneCare minds the insurance gap

... Aviva, Asteron, AXA and Zurich to their clients. "Most of us work hard to build successful futures, but we do not always stop to think 'what would happen to my family if I was unable to work due to an accident or an illness?' If we were to die prematurely ...

Westpac appoints new REIT manager

... initial offering," said Buck in a previous Financial Standard interview. But the potential of the local REIT market doesn't stop there. "The trust provides wholesale investors an opportunity to gain exposure to Australia's largest investment market with ...