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Ban default super funds: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... is that many consumers don't have access to a financial planner because they can't afford one and because regulation at times prohibits planners wanting to advise these consumers anyway. "If protection of consumers [introduces so much regulation that ...

Not-for-profits need to engage with industry: IFSA

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... Gilbert urged the not-for-profit sector to engage with industry associations and government, in what he called "interesting times for the social welfare movement." "One thing we did agree on is that we need a strong aged pension system. I said in the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
... case of fatalities. Data complied by the Office of the Employment Advocate shows that since March of this year about three times as many workers have undertaken collective agreements as have signed individual workplace agreements under the Federal governments' ...

Agribusiness still appeals to lenders

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
... quality product, they are competitive and they have good export infrastructure. "And something that has changed in recent times is that farmers have used the leverage they have had from rising land values to diversify their incomes. We see more of our ...

NZ securities reforms pass legislature

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
... investments and $A9 billion from the NZ Super Fund. Putting this perspective however, while Australia's population is five times larger our managed investments market is 16 times greater. Dalziel said that most of the Securities Act and Takeovers Act ...

New alternatives offering from van Eyk

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
... simply, diversified alternative strategies are defensive, can produce income and are lowly correlated with growth assets in times of market stress." Thomas said. The fund's underlying fund managers include: BGI's Global Ascent Fund; HFA's Diversifed ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... There are now only three unemployed people for every job vacancy as opposed to about double that figure a year ago and ten times that amount a decade or so ago. Trend estimates show that there was a 4.1 per cent increase in private sector jobs and a ...

Coming soon: Virgin personal loans

... sector by introducing a personal loan product that gets rid of exit or early repayment fees and promises quicker turnaround times for loan applicants. The group plans to emulate the success of its low-cost Virgin Money Credit Card by launching the equally ...

Fund advertising is essential: Retailers Assoc

... spent by all not-for-profit funds. The combined spend of the total retail wealth management industry is likely to be many times larger. AlexDunnin

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
... 2010. Royalties from Western Australia are a bonus for the Federal Government which, for instance, will collect about seven times more in royalties for the BHP Ravensthorpe nickel project than will the Western Australian Government. However, Western ...