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Legalsuper recovers a million in super

Sure, a million dollars is a sliver of the country's $9.7 billion in 'lost super' but it is still a million dollars that legalsuper has recovered at negligible or no cost to its members. Andrew Proebstl, legalsuper's chief executive, said that in the ...

Billionaire bull run

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007

ATO signs up debt collection heavyweights

The Tax Office has signed four of the country's largest debt collection agencies to help collect outstanding tax debts and superannuation guarantee (SG) charge debts starting later this year. The Tax Office has appointed a panel of external collection ...

Singapore's wealthy to defy global downturn

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
Singapore's fund managers could be in for a battle for new money as the country's focus on exports, international trade and tourism will help it ride out a predicted global economic downturn from 2008-09 and increase the number of wealthy individuals ...

Another DIY take on home ownership

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
With housing affordability continuing to deteriorate, one of the country's largest banks has come up with a way to get mums-and-dads access to residential property investments without the stamp duty costs nor the tenancy headaches. Westpac Residential ...

Australian managers clock $650bn

... according to the latest Pensions & Investments and Watson Wyatt study on the world's top 500 fund managers. Sixteen of the country's fund managers made it to the top 500 listing with National Australia Bank, Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), ANZ ...

India-Australia wealth management forum set for take-off

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... era" opportunity to cement its place as a major player in the developing Indian market, especially when you realise the country-to-country ties we have and how Australia's superannuation system is now a global policy model being followed by many countries ...

Markets still at risk: Tagliaferro

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
One of the country's leading fund managers, Anton Tagliaferro, is the latest stockmarket expert to voice his concerns about investor attitude towards risk and observed that today's investors are less risk-aware compared to their predecessors. Tagliaferro ...

Sub-prime currency fall-out

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... yield expectations that were pushing too high and frightening lenders out of the market. But low US rates stretch the country differentials causing rebound effects on global currency valuations as the US dollar comes under even more selling pressure. ...

Australia is Asia's biggest investment market

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
... Benchmark Report from InvestAustralia makes for very encouraging reading notwithstanding the big challenge for us as a country is what to do about it. According to the report we hold Asia's biggest pool of investment funds and the fourth biggest on the ...