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Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... hardship at home. In economic parlance, this is known as the 'beggar thy neighbour' policy. In simple terms, this is when a country implements policies to try and solve its domestic economic problems but in doing so, worsens that of other countries. ...

REST activates growth strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... have reserved capacity for future fund growth," said Hill. REST is among the top ten performing industry funds in the country. For their default option they ranked 8th over 1-year to February and 7th over a 3-year period, according to SelectingSuper. ...

Higher fees, more cover: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
One of the country's largest super funds, AustralianSuper, is raising its admin fees by 50 per cent and is broadening its insurance cover, all in a bid to improve member services. All of the fund's members' accounts are now being charged $1.50 per week ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... their masochistic tendencies. We are certainly doomed now because the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) tallied the country's unemployment rate at 5.2 per cent in February, a 4 percentage point increase from 4.8 per cent in the previous month and ...

Developing Asia worst hit

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... economy since the Great Depression. While this crisis originated in the US and some European countries, by now no region or country is insulated. I am afraid things may get worse before they get better," said ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda. "However ...

AMPFP turn to IT to boost productivity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP), one of the largest planning groups in the country, is poised to attract more planners to its fold after plans to roll out a new IT system and the introduction of more consumer-friendly advice documents. Michael Guggenheimer ...

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... kitchen located near the White House. Pictured wearing an apron, Mrs. Obama said that, "We are facing tough times in this country, and it is important to help those who have no place to live." Quite right. But soon there will be more of these people ...

AFA hits back at fee-for-service report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... were used as the basis of the report. Klipin argues that the five cases - given there are around 17,000 planners in the country - made the research "pretty limited". "The AFA always welcomes good, robust research that sheds light on our profession and ...

Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... it seems, heeded RBA Governor Glenn Stevens when in his semi-annual testimony only two weeks before remarked that the country is well-positioned to survive the global financial crisis and stressed that the RBA and the Government are prepared to do more ...

Morningstar awards top fund managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... other awards namely "Fund Manager of the Year Multisector" and "Fund Manager of the Year Domestic Equities". Schroders' country chief executive Greg Cooper said their portfolios managed to stay in the top quartile during the year because of their enlarged ...