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We just don't organise anymore

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
Despite the successful fight to overthrow WorkChoices and the explosive growth of industry super funds, union membership just keeps getting worse. The ABS has just released figures showing trade union membership is down to only 13.7 per cent of employees ...

From Slovakia with love

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
Once regarded as a Bohemian backwater, Slovakia has become one of the most stellar perfoming economies of east-central Europe courtesy of policy reform, foreign investment and robust industrial expansion. The Slovak economy bucked the slowdown experienced ...

Unemployment rises to 4.1 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
The latest unemployment figures just released by the ABS fuel hopes that the economy might be finally slowing. The ABS has just reported that unemployment has increased by 0.1 percentage points to 4.1 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms. But the shift ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
The Australian share market was lower at noon, dragged down by consumer confidence figures at their lowest level in almost 15 years. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 10.6 points lower at 5560.9, while the All Ordinaries had fallen 11.8 ...

Pension funds look in-house for governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
More than $26 billion of assets managed under pension funds in the UK and mainland Europe will face tighter governance monitoring this year, according to a Mercer survey. The Asset Allocation Survey and Market Profiles study examined 849 European and ...

Franklin Templeton launches EM fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
Franklin Templeton Investments has launched an emerging markets fund - a unit trust available to Australian investors in local currency that invests in global emerging markets. The fund is denominated in Australian dollars and its objective is to seek ...

Govt to cut 'lost super' red tape

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Federal minister for superannuation and corporate law, Nick Sherry, has announced plans to reduce the hassle behind finding lost super accounts by rationalising the register. Sherry said lost super accounts represented roughly one in five of all superannuation ...

Direct property shines in NFP funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
Not-for-profit super funds have continued to outperform over the past year as a result of their high allocations to direct property, according to Rainmaker Information. "Our research has shown not-for-profit funds have increased their lead because of ...

Further regulation not needed: Nelson

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
Federal Opposition leader Brendan Nelson said there is no need for further regulation on the stock market and non-bank lenders following Tricom and Opes Prime's problems. Speaking at a Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) luncheon, Nelson ...

When good housing news is bad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
After months of share market swings, interest rate rises and petrol price jumps, news that house prices might climb 40 per cent over the next five years didn't quite get the reception you would have expected. Instead it just showed how bad the outlook ...