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Costello pledges $18bn to pump-prime his Future Fund

The Future Fund legislation will be pushed through Parliament today, with Treasurer Peter Costello announcing an initial allocation of $18 billion towards the fund charged with managing the federal government's unfunded super liabilities. Costello's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open broadly unchanged as the US market retreated in late trading, weighing on local sentiment. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was one point firmer at 4623. On the day ...

Kelly trades in financial planning for insurance

Speculation ended today when it was announced that Kerrie Kelly is abdicating her short lived post with the Financial Planning Association (FPA) to take up a career in insurance. Kelly will take on the role of executive director of the Insurance Council ...

JB Were establishes mezzanine fund

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2005
Goldman Sachs JB Were yesterday began public relations and marketing for a short campaign to raise $300 million for a mezzanine debt fund. The new fund will be called Collateral Mezzanine Fund 05. It will be a rare instance of a specialist high yield ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply firmer, retracing most of yesterday's losses as a positive move on US markets, as well as a surge in base metal prices, combine to drive overall market sentiment higher. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as commodity prices continue to be positive and a solid lead from the US again raises the prospect of record stock levels domestically. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index ...

Returns after-tax are the maingame: Vanguard

Vanguard Investments Australia's head of retail, Robin Bowerman, has warned financial planners and investors to demand after-tax reporting or risk being shortchanged. "There is an increasing focus on fees - which is good - but investors should also ...

Daily Economic Update

The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that average weekly ordinary time earnings (AWOTE) for adult full-time employees rose by 1.3 per cent in the August quarter, taking the year-on-year rate to 6.3 per cent. Private sector average weekly ordinary ...

Daily Economic Update

The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that its wage price index - which measures hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses - increased by 1 per cent in the third quarter following a 1.1 per cent rise in the previous three-month period. The index ...

IOOF to launch TAPs platform

In his speech at the company's annual general meeting yesterday, IOOF's chief executive office Ron Dewhurst said that they will launch a new platform for Term Allocation Pension products, as part of their ongoing campaign to increase their market share ...