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Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
Ole! Ole! Ole! You can't miss it if you tried. Then again, perhaps you would if you instead read about the relapse of Australian Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's "foot in mouth disease" and you don't want to read no more, no more, no more. But I digress. ...

Say when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... any meeting." Overall, there was nothing new, no big surprises. Just a rehash of the reiteration of the repetition of recent Fed messages. The Fed will say when... ahead of time.

Investors shift more money outside super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
The increasing number of government reviews and recent Federal Budget changes to super have prompted clients to boost investments outside of super to fund their retirement, said Centric Wealth advisers. According to Anne-Marie Esler, technical services ...

REST members get $74m boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
Members of the $13 billion REST Superannuation received $74 million from the Government through co-contributions in the last financial year. REST, the industry fund for retail employees, said members are generally making the most out of their super ...

America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
The bloodbath continues. The Federal Reserve's US$85 billion bailout of American Insurance Group (AIG) proved insufficient to calm the financial market panic that appears to be increasing by the day. The overnight sell-off saw more than three years' ...

Macq banks on appetite for gearing into super

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
Macquarie has seen healthy inflows into its Managed Fund Instalments thanks to investor appetite for gearing into super. Macquarie said its MFIs, which provided geared exposure to a range of domestic and international markets, had been particularly ...

Depreciation changes boost property investment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
One of the hidden surprises in the recent Federal Budget was changes to property investment depreciation rules. According to Property Investment latest market update, "The proposal was to increase the Diminishing Value rate for depreciation on items ...

Full steam ahead for super strategies: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2006
Navigator is encouraging consumers to re-examine their retirement strategies and turbocharge their savings by fully leveraging the superannuation tax benefits of the recent Federal Budget. Navigator technical marketing manager, Martin Breckon, said ...

ING launches new tool for employer super advisers

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2006
ING has launched a tool to help its national adviser network grow their employer super business, which they tip to swell following the advent of super choice and the recent Federal Budget reforms. The tool is a business consulting, servicing and marketing ...

MERs out of date and disclosure still an ordeal: Westbrook

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2006
In recounting the significant superannuation changes over his 30 years in the industry, chief executive officer of FuturePlus, Brett Westbrook, said that MERs would become a thing of the past but disclosure was still haunting us. Westbrook was recounting ...