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Sustainable audits need more structure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
Two in five companies are at risk of not fully complying with a new emission auditing law that will come into effect next year, according to a new study. A joint Jones Lang LaSalle and CoreNet Global research study found only one in five Australian ...

ME quadruples fixed income FUM

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
Members Equity Bank has quadrupled its fixed income product funds under management (FUM) in the last four years, according to financial information manager Tom Bekiaris. The fund, which forms part of the various industry funds' fixed income allocations ...

Tassies downsize to upsize retirement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... the family home as retirement savings is not a particularly good strategy. The best retirement solution, he said, is to figure out what lifestyle a person wants come retirement then start implementing an appropriate super fund strategy now, which may ...

Raging bull in sub-prime abattoir

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
The offshore-bulls were running rampant overnight, straight into the abattoir as rumours of a huge sub-prime loss for Merrill Lynch proved to be true. The world's biggest brokerage firm Merrill Lynch reported a blowout in losses in its third quarter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market has received a negative lead from Wall Street, and from London where metal prices tumbled across the board last night. At 0736 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, however, the December Share Price Index was up 32 points ...

Rate reprieve scratch during Cup Carnival?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... Carnival, while the Aussie dollar dances to the beat of the rate hike speculation. The trimmed mean consumer price index (CPI) figure rose to 0.9 per cent in the September quarter and consensus among business economists is that this result in the underlying ...

The worm turns

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
Media mentionitis surrounding channel Nine's controversial worm seems to have stolen the limelight from economic aspects of the election campaign, but the latest PPI figures could turn the spotlight. While tax cut plans and economic debate have been ...

Corp super gets health tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
Despite years of decline in corporate and public sector superannuation fund numbers, the latest Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) figures show the funds that remain are in good health. According to Rainmaker data, the number of corporate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market is likely to open firmer following a mixed performance on Wall Street as the NASDAQ powered ahead but the broader market fell on concerns about economic weakness and the high oil price. At 0740 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... comments by Citigroup's chief executive. "The comments out of Citibank affected US stocks," Mr Klusman said. "Not their profit figure, which was down 57 per cent for the quarter, but I would guess it was his comments that the US expected further defaults ...