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Borrow from Peter to pay Paul

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... Whatever the final bill - US$800 billion, US$900 billion, US$1 trillion - the effect on the effect will the same, a US budget deficit blow out. And with foreigners becoming edgy over the fate of the US financial system and the broader economy, they would ...

Sunsuper rewrites industry fund model

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... the scale and expertise to adopt the measures he outlined. "I'm confident our business will be able to do it. We have the budget, we have the skills and that's all you need. It's not cheap, it's going to be expensive but it needs to be done," he said. ...

Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are so large and so interwoven in our financial system that a failure of either of them would cause great turmoil in our financial markets here at home and around the globe. This turmoil would directly and negatively impact ...

Super marketing with grunt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... its Retirement Scope campaign, better known to consumers for the taglines "Be life confident." and "What's in the Federal Budget for me?" ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said the calibre of the entries submitted this year is testament to the industry's ...

Shift ad budget for Gen Y: Williams

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... media because in this generation they're not consuming either," said Williams. "Pull one television commercial out of your budget and could probably fund a social media campaign, drop a couple hundred thousand of those brochures and you could fund your ...

Kenya budgets right for investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
There are more winners than losers in the first Budget announced since the formation of Kenya's first coalition government, with local and foreign investors first in line to benefit. The group said in a report that household consumers will benefit from ...

CalPERS to suffer 2.4 pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
The $246 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System is expected to post losses of 2.4 per cent for the end of this financial year, an enviable performance if compared to the average 6.4 per cent loss of local super funds. Preliminary estimates ...

ABS cutbacks bad idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... will be cutting back surveys and sampling depth in key economic areas as it meet savings targets outlined in the Federal Budget. Research and development for labour market, social, prices and demography statistics will be wound back, as will some aspects ...

Asian banks still insulated from sub-prime

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... Asia accounts for only 20 per cent of world demand. For example, according to reports, Indonesia spent one-fifth of the Budget on fuel subsidies while China spent an estimated US$50 billion subsidizing fuel nothwithstanding the Chinese government yesterday ...

Fin education at the click of a mouse

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
South Australian-based industry superannuation fund Statewide is taking its financial literacy program to cyberspace in a bid to raise member awareness on their finances. The private sector super fund has launched an online tool called "Your Key to ...