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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006

... national drought and the peaking of commodity prices signals a slowing of domestic output and that the surplus for the next budget would be about 1 per cent of GDP. The reduction by 20 per cent of the national agricultural production as a consequence ...

Keating laments missed super opportunities

HAMISH MADDEN | MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006

... it would be a hard battle to bring political parties and stakeholders back to the table. Failure to properly harness the Budget Surpluses to boost national savings would cause Australia to keep sliding down the OECD ladder, he warned. Keating said economic ...

Optimum time for super: Mariner

... revs up to introduce new superannuation-related financial planning strategies and products on the back of the proposed Budget reforms. "The Federal Government's proposed changes to superannuation mean there are now even greater incentives to use superannuation ...

QSuper ploughs $2b into derivatives and swaps

... inflation. But the bonds are in short supply locally after the Australian government stopped issuing them following the May 2003 budget, a decision that inspired QSuper and their investment consultant Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) to find an ...

Not-for-profits need to engage with industry: IFSA

KATE HAGE | FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006

... members." Gilbert, speaking from experience after guiding IFSA members through the recent co-contributions reforms and budget amendments, said community support could be made via a financial arrangement, the contribution of resources or simply through ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006

... reduce the rate to 8.5 per cent next year so as to further strengthen economic growth. The NSW government has revised its budget surplus up by $390 million to $1.03 billion which is its tenth successive successive surplus. For the 2005-06 year WA announced ...

Government must intervene more to promote savings: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006

... trillion within a decade, even before factoring in the impact of the savings incentives announced in the latest Federal Budget and the establishment of the Future Fund. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in the latest country ...

Sunsuper takes message to the country

KATE HAGE | TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006

... really work for them, covering issues like personal investments, market volatility, wealth creation for retirement and the budget changes." Sunsuper marketing manager, Wayne Sullivan, estimated that approximately 45 per cent of Sunsuper's members were ...

Audits pinching corporate funds: Trust

KATE HAGE | TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006

Corporate super funds are feeling the pinch of resources and budgets, according to independent trustee Trust Company, particularly as the date for the first round risk management audits nears. Under the Austrailan Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) ...

We need to show people how to plan: AXA

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006

While too few Australians have a financial plan, many are unsure what a financial plan actually is and how to go about developing one. The AXA Financial Planning Insights Survey for October has found that one-quarter of people responding to the survey ...

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ASIC cancels AFSL of Australian Fiduciaries

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Queensland-based Australian Fiduciaries, which is currently in liquidation.

Treasury expects regulators to do the heavy lifting

MATTHEW WAI

Treasury has released new Statements of Expectations for APRA and ASIC, with an emphasis on how the regulators should promote a more sustainable and secured financial ecosystem.

NGS Super names head of strategy

MATTHEW WAI

NGS Super has appointed a former ASFA committe member as head of strategy, as the fund aims to strengthen its retirement offering.

SS&C axes jobs, shifts roles offshore

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

US software services giant SS&C Technologies has slashed 170 Australian roles in the operations, technology and delivery teams.

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