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More bite from subprime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
The US is likely heading for a recession as consumer spending plummets because of the subprime mess, according to Matthew Drennan, investment director at Zurich. Speaking at a briefing yesterday, Drennan said the securitised amount of subprime credit ...

The future of super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
Fund size, a well-defined management structure and a flexible investment portfolio are the key ingredients of an "optimal" super fund, according to a leading expert in global pension management. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association ...

'Tis the season to invest

While many Australians will be thinking about their Christmas shopping list, a survey has found one in ten will spend the holiday break thinking about their investments. Mortgage broker X Inc Finance has surveyed nearly 300 people last month to find ...

Non-TFN tax attack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
The 31.5 per cent tax penalty to be applied to super funds without member tax file numbers (TFN) risk massively damaging the retirement incomes of members who either don't know about the rule change or who can least afford the tax hit. Raising the dire ...

Reinventing financial planning

MICHAEL HOBBS, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
More Australians will seek financial advice if the financial planning industry goes through a fundamental structural reform and gets rid of commission-driven fees. Chartered accountant Robert M.C. Brown has written a discussion paper debunking some ...

Women priced out of life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
More than two in five women with dependents have no life insurance because many perceive purchasing life insurance to be a costly, time-consuming exercise, according to an Allianz report. Meredith Barnes, national development manager, said women either ...

Perfect storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
High oil prices and a shrinking US dollar signal an economic perfect storm looming on the horizon, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Simon Johnson, IMF chief economist told ABC TV's Business Lateline program last night that the credit crisis ...

Futures contracts director caught without AFSL

ASIC has taken a court order against a Tasmanian-based company and director for providing financial training in futures contracts without the proper financial licence. The Federal Court of Australia, in Melbourne, made interim orders restraining Oxford ...

One in 10 investors are switchers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
One in ten US retirees and pre-retirees are looking to change financial institutions at any one time based on costs or level of service they receive, according to research from Aite Group. US-based research firm Aite Group surveyed 505 people in the ...

Indian infrastructure investing fuels sustainability

ALEX DUNNIN IN NEW DELHI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
India is seeking US$500 billion over the next five years to help fund its national infrastructure plan, creating a big opportunity for Australian investors to get in on the ground floor. "We need this money over the next five years to fund our plan ...