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Super changes to cripple self-employed in retirement

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2006
The self-employed and business owners between 40 and 50 years of age have had their retirement plans hobbled by the Federal Government's proposed changes to super, according to Partners Superannuation Services. Director of Partners Superannuation Services ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
The stock market is expected to open higher after a bounce on Wall Street and other overseas markets overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 20 points to 5129 at 0801 AEST. Today, mining explorer Mutiny ...

Bank of Ireland ploughs private equity ground

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
The Bank of Ireland Group has announced it has a new arrow in its quiver of boutique businesses, forming a new joint venture with private equity fund of funds manager Paul Capital Partners. Bank of Ireland paid $34 million for a 50 per cent share in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open firmer as US stocks continued to push higher and base metal and commodity prices also remained positive. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was 33 points firmer at 5293. On the day the ...

ING pushes harder into SME market

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2006
ING Australia has announced it plans to aggressively attack market share in the SME sector, unveiling enhancements to its Integra Super product largely centred around lower fees. On the back of an AC Nielson survey that revealed that ING was the first ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open firmer as higher precious metal and oil prices on Friday feed into the rampant resources sector. Also financial stocks are expected to be firmer ahead of earnings from a couple of the major banks and one of the ...

Weekly economic round-up

Last week's Australian economic data releases were mainly second-tier but nonetheless gave further evidence that domestic monetary policy will remain on hold in the near term. For instance, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) lending finance ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic monetary policy unchanged following its Board meeting last week. The RBA last raised the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 per cent in March. Since then, indications that growth ...

Vision return to Russell

Vision Super has reappointed Russell Investment Group (Russell) to the role of actuarial and benefits consultant, after a competitive tender brought them back for more. The reappointment of Russell's actuarial team came at the end of a competitive tender ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

Australian financial markets produced a positive performance during last week's trading activity. A strong uptrend in gold and copper prices supported the Australian dollar, rising to US$0.735 at the close of last week's trading after opening at US$0.728. ...