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2020 Summit push for life long accounts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... their entitlement benefits such as education payments, childcare payments and superannuation payments, it doesn't take a big leap of logic to see how this can seamlessly lead into the concept of a Superannuation-come-life-long-savings account. Adding ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
The Australian share market was firmly in the black at noon - up more than two per cent - driven by a strong lead from the US on Friday after bellwether stocks Google and Caterpillar delivered profit results above expectations. Despite posting a $US5.11 ...

Buy side problems FIX'd

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after commodities including gold, oil and copper advanced overnight. Gains may be limited after US stocks declined on comments by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that a recession is possible. ...

TFNs available online: ING

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
By July this year, ING Australia will allow Employer Super clients to send tax file numbers (TFNs) electronically for employees that select a choice fund. The enhancement to ING's online Clearing House capability ensures employers can transfer contributions ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today. Wall Street finished weaker while base metal prices were buoyant. At 0809 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was down 42 points to 5,602. Today ...

Web service climbs adviser wishlist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
Super funds with poor online presence risk losing planner-led business after an ING survey found online functionality and website support now rank higher in a planner's priority list compared to a year ago. Taylor and Associates surveyed 156 ING Employer ...

BlackRock fund treads allocation balance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... predicts US growth stocks to outperform value stocks, American equities to top their European counterparts and US equities to leap ahead of bonds, among others. But far from standing still, Blackrock confirms that it is keeping an eye on market proceedings ...

Property back to fair value

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
The Australian property securities sector has been undeniably hard hit by the US credit liquidity crisis and ailing stockmarket, but industry punters believe that the sector is going through a rebirth of correction - and now returning to a "fair value" ...

Our rates a global sideshow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
Slowing world growth, a collapsing US dollar and a still very nervous global credit market won't slow down world capital flows but rather increase them, said McKinsey in its latest newsletter. "Amid the turmoil, it's easy to forget that long-term structural ...