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When the time comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... already know that Greek will be saved...by hook or by crook. And speaking of crook. There's a news article in the German newspaper, Der Spiegel, that Goldman Sachs "helped the Greek government to mask the true extent of its deficit with the help of a ...

Super worries plague Aussies worst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Superannuation is the number cause of financial worries among Australians, but many are choosing newspapers over advisers for information when making financial decisions, new CoreData figures show. CoreData surveyed 4,000 Australians and found that ...

Dubai games

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... Maybe it's because of the silly season that financial markets acted the way they did. Yes, it's splattered all over newspaper pages, websites, web blogs, etc. - Abu Dhabi hands Dubai a US$10 billion cheque. This amount would be enough for Nakheel - the ...

Coalition against commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... welfare group ACOSS, and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). In a full page open letter in a daily newspaper addressed to members of the Parliamentary Joint Commission on Corporations and Financial Services, the industry bodies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received a mixed lead from Wall Street, with major indices lower, but precious and base metals, and oil, higher. At 0829 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 12 points higher ...

HK investors win big on game show

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... Commission (SFC)'s Investment Triathlon, which has been running for three years, is run through the Hong Kong Economic Times newspaper. The quiz includes a set of practical investment related questions published on three consecutive Tuesdays. The second ...

Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... bottomline is: the US economy needs additional help. As would be expected every time interest rates are raised, websites and newspaper pages are again filled with calculations on how this would add X amount to the average mortgage. And they don't stop ...

Super fund exec pay under fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
With shareholders in revolt about excessive remuneration pay of listed companies despite the market fallout, the focus is now on the remuneration pay of super fund executives, with WA Treasurer Troy Buswell reportedly attempting to block the chief exec ...

Of population growth and surpluses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... happened? The GFC happened. Now Australians are worried about mortgaging their children's future. But even this has changed. Newspaper reports that the RBA will deliver a A$6 billion dividend to the government is welcome news as this would go a long ...

Veritate $1m payment not linked to Sunsuper investment

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... unnecessary distress and embarrassment brought by this matter," said Trinity chair Brett Heading. It was reported in a daily newspaper in July that a $1 million invoice - allegedly from Trinity and for services provided to "Sunsuper Investments" - was ...