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Credit unions mount 'social' battle against banks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... only seven months away, industry body Abacus Australian Mutuals backs the public cry for an independent inquiry into the country's banking system. According to polling by D&M research of 1,000 Australian voters, two out of three respondents want an independent ...

Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... the new ESG framework can help to inform this analysis. "A key issue for investors is the long-term sustainability of a country's economic and political situation and therefore addressing ESG issues naturally aligns with this. In addition, many institutional ...

New centre to lead advocacy for super fund members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... $5,000 voluntary contribution, that's an additional $1 billion towards super. The government can save, too. If half the country's population could self-fund for one more year, the government would avoid $2.1 billion a year in costs. The Centre is expected ...

Simple diversification better than 'smart beta'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... point will be whether the recapitalisation of banks could happen simultaneously across the euro zone, not just as each country needed help, as government and euro banks are in a "deadly embrace." Other serious challenges are whether the difference in ...

All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... Ahh, those immortal words. Certainly, or hopefully, we won't see a repeat of the catastrophe that hit Japan or any other country for that matter. And while we still have to face another bout of negotiations over the US debt ceiling, the Fed, this time ...

QROP advise must improve: AMP

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... rules regime, Singh recommended consulting with the overseas scheme as the first port with questions about their foreign country tax rules, and their paperwork requirements. "It's also a good idea to do some cost benefit analysis as "not all countries ...

Super tax concessions not overly generous: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... the lowest caps of all nine countries studied. The existing cap of $25,000 per annum falls significantly short of any country when expressed as a percentage of average earnings.

Dignity Super's main aim, ASFA reminds politicians

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
Dignity is the primary goal of the country's retirement system, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia reminded the Federal Government yesterday. Speculation over changes that both the Gillard Government and the Federal Opposition would ...

Australia becomes fourth largest pension pool

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... the world's fourth largest pension pool, with assets totaling US$1.6 trillion, Towers Watson said. Australia remains the country with the highest proportion of defined contribution (DC) assets relative to defined benefit (DB) assets at 81%, followed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... European stock markets posted strong gains on reassuring US jobs data, but Madrid was hit by news of falling profits at the country's crisis-hit banks. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies gained 1.12 per cent to close at 6,347.24 points as a slight ...