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The 93pc tax sting

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... underestimating employer contributions - that can lead to members topping the cap. According to Fitzsimons, any contributions above the cap attract an additional 31.5 per cent tax, resulting in a total tax payable of 46.5 per cent. But certain individuals ...

GM takes sustainability mainstream

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... the sums of money it has always needed. This sharply focused new thinking is obviously due to oil now routinely pushing above US$100 a barrel, which in Australia is why petrol is now nudging $1.50 with more price rises to come. Indeed if it wasn't for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... including Exxon Mobil Corp, helped buoy the Dow and the S&P 500, driven higher by a resurgence in crude oil prices back above $US90 a barrel. Speaking from the White House, Bush said an estimated 1.2 million homeowners could be eligible for mortgage ...

Telstra Super signs Charles River for direct portfolio management

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... out of the leading pack. It's balanced option is currently ranked nine over three years, scoring a full 340 basis points above the market average. But running a modern portfolio is not as simple as it used to be as the fund has now signed on for the ...

Retirees short on yield

... down across markets where income was traditionally found. "Emerging market bonds, which traded at yields of 7 to 8 per cent above US bonds in 2001, now trade for just 2 per cent above the US 10 year bond rate as, once again, the hunger for income has ...

Integrity Australian Share rated 'recommended'

... employees who worked with Fiani. "Overall, Lonsec is impressed by the high levels of experience within the team [which] is above average amongst peers in the Lonsec mainstream Australian Equity sector," the report said. Set up in May, the fund has already ...

Meet the mini-institutions

... providers have been slow to react. "Suddenly, a lot of families have $10 million of assets, and many have up to $100 million and above." "These baby boomers fall between the needs of an institutional investor and those of an individual. The key is to ...

FICS raises maximum claim to $150k

... insurance, which can be a huge capital cost to small to mid size planning firms. "We are disappointed that FICS raised the limits above $100,000 because we do not believe that this increase was warranted," said FPA chief executive, Jo-Anne Bloch. "We ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... Bank, Australia's largest home lender, was down 37 cents to $57.63 after announcing it would raise variable mortgage rates above official cash rate rises to cover the increased funding costs caused by the US subprime crisis. Mr Land said the weakness ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... Westpac dropping 32 cents to $27.33. Local energy stocks rose after US crude oil futures surged overnight to a record close above $US98 on tight supply worries heading into winter and a low in the dollar. Woodside Petroleum put on 83 cents to $48.63 ...