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Calls to cut super contribs fails to get traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... urge families and pensioners who have been doing it tough to spend their payments in a responsible way to make their Christmas all the more special and also do their bit to support the economy and jobs as well," Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, said last ...

Super funds reject calls to cut super contrib

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... urge families and pensioners who have been doing it tough to spend their payments in a responsible way to make their Christmas all the more special and also do their bit to support the economy and jobs as well," Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, said last ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... Two million jobs and counting. This is the number of Americans that will bring increased profits to Campbell Soup come Christmas time. And because these ordinary taxpayers' have to give part of their now non-existent income and drastically reduced wealth ...

Decimal offers $5 financial health check

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... planners can update their clients on the performance of their portfolios in an easy to read format just in time for Christmas after Decimal launched a $5 special 'financial health check' offer until the end of December. The special offer allows financial ...

Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... that US consumers' battered confidence will take another hit. Ebenezer Scrooge will again make his presence known at Christmas 2008. While many have already been feeling the aches and pains of the economic contraction many months ago, the official confirmation ...

Four Bad 'Bers'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... American equities closed higher for five trading days uninterrupted - the first time since 2007. While it maybe a nice Christmas present to hope that the end to the equity market bloodbath has come with the passing of November, the painful truth is that ...

You earn, I spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... becoming a one-termer if the global financial crisis is allowed to ravage the Australian economy - the Opposition's Christmas wish. Doing nothing to preserve the Holy Grail that is the budget surplus ensures this. The Coalition Government deserves to ...

Ho hum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
The Australian equity market rallied nearly 6 per cent yesterday - its biggest one-day advance in more than 10 years. Ho-hum. Given the spectacular volatility in the equity markets over the past few months, daily movements of plus or minus 5-7 percent ...

AUI and DirectPortfolio adopt AML service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... legislation - to comply." Mark Pratt, AUI chief operating officer, said the firm hoped to have AML Explorer online by Christmas. "The key element for us is the full integration with the OneVue unit registry system. The navigation of the AML explorer ...

Pengana Global Volatility gains 24pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... government intervention, the index is back to around the mid-50s range and Wilkinson expects it to slide to around 50 come Christmas time. While he doesn't expect the index to go as high as it did during Black October, he believes high volatility will ...