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Unionised workers only half all industry fund members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
New research shows that industry funds are winning post-super choice, despite the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reporting that the proportion of private sector workers belonging to a union is only 15 per cent. According to the ABS, less than ...

Fincorp failure burns 8,000 investors

Around 8,000 investors will either lose all their money or get back 30Ac in the dollar following the collapse of property group Fincorp. KordaMentha, the insolvency administrator appointed to the case, said that preliminary figures showed that about ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
The Australian market is expected to open firmer in line with the strong lead from Wall St. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0750 AEST, the June share price index contract was up 30 points to 6,104. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... February, the data indicated that the rise over the last year has been a healthy 6.8 per cent. While the department stores figure fell by 0.9 per cent all major categories rose over the month. Food retailing rose by 1 per cent, clothing and soft goods ...

Super tops $1 trillion as retail keeps winning inflows race

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Australia's superannuation savings pool has climbed to $1 trillion at December 2006 after jumping 19 per cent during the year, said the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Despite the continuing media campaigns promoting the fee and performance ...

Direct property is back, but now its global: Macq

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Swelling demand for direct property, investor appetite for global assets and recognition that listed property trusts (LPTs) are an incredibly efficient vehicle will continue to drive Macquarie's burgeoning global portfolio, according to Stephen Girdis ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
Just released ABS Jobs vacancies data shows that in the year to February there were 12.8 per cent more vacancies on a trend basis and this in addition to the highest wage growth in a decade and more bouyant housing market and consumer demand data suggests ...

Super tops $1 trillion as retail keeps winning inflows race

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
Australia's superannuation savings pool has climbed to $1 trillion at December 2006 after jumping 19 per cent during the year, said the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Despite the continuing media campaigns promoting the fee and performance ...

ALP's broadband funding comes under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
The Federal Labor Opposition has come under fire for its plan to build a high speed broadband fibre to the node (FTTN) network covering 98 per cent of the population, with the $4.7 billion dollar project to be bankrolled by the Future Fund's remaining ...

Global indexing hits $6.4 trillion

Passive investing is now a $6.4 trillion industry with new themes emerging such as the push for riskier products and the rise of alternative asset classes, according to a new survey. Pensions & Investments, a US based investments publication conducted ...