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Coalition releases super manifesto

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... funds, review and remove regulatory barriers impeding availability of income stream retirement products, and subject to Budget constraints, restore the higher contribution caps. A Coalition government would improve superannuation social equity and restore ...

Volatility hits managed funds despite March boost

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... medium term economic outlook, particularly in regard to the Eurozone debt crises and the massive but still unresolved US budget deficits." NAB/MLC now ranks at the top of market share with 2.7% annual growth to $29.5bn, pushing AMP down a notch after ...

HIP Super enters advice partnership

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Health Industry Plan (HIP) has formed a strategic partnership with IOOF subsidiary, Bridges Financial Services for fee-for-service, flexible and scalable advice. According to HIP, transparency of cost structures and the provision of single and multi-issue ...

NSW budget to focus on creating infra deals

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
The New South Wales state budget will tackle the lack of investment opportunities in infrastructure, with the aim of luring funds back from interstate and overseas projects. NSW Treasurer Mike Baird is believed to have brokered a deal with State Super ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... April while National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for May is due out, and the NSW government brings down its budget. In equities news, Woolworths chief executive Grant O'Brien and Kraft Foods Australia and New Zealand president Rebecca Dee-Bradbury ...

Daly: Forced out of AFS after rejecting downsize

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... dismissal, said he departed the company after plans for downsizing were discussed. Daly said he had a business plan and budget approved by the board. "During the board meeting we discussed a number of different options for the company. One of the options ...

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... very low rate for a very long time to America. The country, which based on The Economist magazine's forecast, will have a budget deficit of 7.6% of GDP this year - slightly better than the 7.8% deficit expected for Greece but worse than Spain's predicted ...

MLC model shows social benefit of Budget

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Impending tax and superannuation changes will benefit the majority of Australian workers, according to MLC, which has conducted modelling showing the impact on a range of salary brackets. "If we assume all proposals become legislated, our analysis shows ...

New switching device cuts latency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Trading times are on the brink of becoming even quicker with today's launch of the world's fastest switching device with a latency of 130 nanoseconds. "There was a time not that long ago when nobody cared about network devices and they were viewed as ...

SuperStream levy unclear

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... around the levy. In his opening address, Bragg wrote, "The cost that would be recouped by the levy was unveiled in the Budget on 8 May 2012." "The Budget outlined that $467.1 million over seven years would be levied from the industry to pay for the public ...