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Tower launches Accelerate

... applications in 3 working days for people aged 45 and under. We are now delivering 89 per cent of decisions in that time. These times set new industry benchmarks." While the product can be used for clients in all age categories, it's best suited for ...

Retirement liabilities dwarf assets six-fold

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... might have doubled in the 10 years to 2006 to US$24 trillion but retirement liabilities are estimated to be more than six times that, reveals the State Street Corporation pension industry Vision Report. This disparity illustrates the huge challenge in ...

ANU down $100 million

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... cent, but he added that they didn't need the money right now and would for the inevitable rebound, reported the Canberra Times. "I guess we're $50 million-plus off our book value at the moment, but I think it's probably somewhere close to $100million," ...

Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... trades may also be misguided because job creation rates in the professional services sector is currently running at four-times that of the technical trades. Let's hope this weekend's 2020 Summit leads to some constructive debate around these ideas rather ...

We just don't organise anymore

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... membership continues a long established trend. The trend sends mixed signals however as the fall is routinely much faster during times of Labor governments perhaps because workers become comfortable the federal government will look after them. Reinforcing ...

Earnings power peaks from age 35

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... with the greatest difference being in the 45-54 year age group. The $28,000 per annum difference at this age was almost 20-times greater than the $4,500 difference when people enter the workforce in their teens. The ABS said the mean weekly earnings ...

Currency replaces fixed income

... To give an idea of the size of the imarket, Davey said the FX market churns out over $3.3 trillion a day, more than three times the size of the second most liquid asset class, the US bond market, which trades $900 billion a day. "It's the world's largest ...

Alternatives cause valuation headaches

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... alternative assets can cut both ways. While some members may be being paid too little when they exit alternative assets, at other times in the market cycle, they may be paid too much," said Andrew Proebstl, legalsuper chief executive. The trouble is ...

Unemployment rises to 4.1 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... be due to women becoming more employable as part time employment gains more favour across the economy. The ABS said part times job grew by twice the number of full time jobs. The switch may also be impacting gender-based employment as male unemployment ...

Bad markets, good advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... asset classes, fund managers, and securities. Lastly, Thomas reminds advisers that providing quality advice during good times or bad should be a consistent practice, particularly around tax, gearing and the choice to use capital protected products. "A ...