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Qld firm to restore "faith" in planning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... benefit of advice from a trained professional and simply can't afford it. Sometimes just having help with setting up a budget can make all the difference to a family," she said. Heins said the financial planning firm, which includes two financial planners ...

Damned if you do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... not offer enough bang for the buck' or 'not large enough' or 'too large' or 'mortgaging Australia's future by putting the Budget back into deficit or 'why roof insulation' - take your pick. Such is the Rudd-Swayne tandem's predicament that the former ...

Bigger fish to fry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... lending facility to the commercial property sector. There are plans to dole out more government largesse. Never mind if the Budget goes from a surplus to a deficit. This is precisely what the surplus is intended for anyway - to provide a stabilizing ...

The day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... in the planet. Unlike his predecessor who broke what was fixed - Bill Clinton passed on the reins to George W. with a US Budget surplus 'as far as the eye can see' - President Obama is expected to fix a financial system, nay a capitalist system, that ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... optimistic picture for oil prices, we believe plans by some emirates in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region to boost budget expenditure and run a budget deficit to better manage a scenario of global market recession may act as a catalyst for insulating ...

Introducing life cycle insurance: REST

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
REST Superannuation has revolutionised life insurance in super by introducing a "life cycle" approach to its death cover - breaking away from the traditional fixed cost or "$1 a week" insurance model. Almost one million active members of the $13 billion ...

Hunter Hall donates $1.32m to charity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... this year and will keep supporting charities next year, defying other businesses that have taken philanthropy out of their budget because of bad markets. In 2001, the fund manager set up the Hunter Hall Shareholder Nominated Charitable Donations Scheme ...

IRESS risk research improves

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... structure. IRESS Research Manager Louie Dimovski said the upgrade can help advisers show their clients that even with a limited budget, they too can purchase a reasonable amount of cover for an insurance policy that will meet their fundamental needs. ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... plenty of room for policy accommodation. Thank you that the previous Federal Government had the foresight to accumulate budget surpluses during times a-plenty. Thank you that the current Federal Government is employing these surpluses to cushion Australia ...

You earn, I spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... crisis. That is, closing the bond market will make it harder for the government to borrow money in the future to finance a budget deficit during a recession or war. The idea was scrapped in 2004. And fortunately for the Labour Government it was. The ...