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Super at the edge of abyss: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... following the Federal Budget's cuts to super and a preliminary report of the Henry Tax Review, warned a key industry association. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, told the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian performance of services index for May is due. In company news, the Australian National Retailers Association Retail Nation 2009 conference take places, with speakers including Woolworths Ltd chief executive Michael ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... May and the TD-Melbourne Institute Inflation Gauge for June will be released. Also on Monday, the Housing Industry Association new home sales report for April and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) index of commodity prices for April are due. In company ...

Net tightens on executive pay

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... recommended that recognised performance standards be mandated as a benchmarking tool. The Investment and Financial Services Association has also come out to support APRA's move, and said the regulator's approach was largely consistent with IFSA's Bluebook. ...

Mortgage fund managers review their options

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... applications were higher than the group had expected. At a briefing held by the Investment and Financial Services Association yesterday managers said the structure of funds was under review. Investors had been able to put their money in mortgage trusts ...

Take your pick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... everybody. Take your pick. Bullish on the economy and the financial markets? Then look no further than the US National Association for Business Economics (NABE) latest survey which showed that 74 per cent of economists agreeing that the America's recession ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Ric Battellino addresses the annual Securities and Derivatives Industry Association Conference. The Housing Industry Association will release its state and national Outlooks for the March quarter. In company ...

AFA conference to focus on leadership

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) highlights the importance of strong leadership skills at this year's conference, with keynote speakers including Darren Flanagan, the man behind the Beaconsfield mine rescue and Peter Baines, who helped lead ...

Raise SG to 15 pc: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
A survey found that seven out of 10 working Australians believe that their Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contributions should be raised to 15 per cent, lending support to industry associations that have long lobbied for higher SG. Mercer's SG Opinion ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... and the problem may not be as significant as the Union claims. Michael O'Neil, chief executive of Australian Seniors Association, said in any case that arguing about the retirement age is only part of the problem because the "diversity of population ...