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We just don't organise anymore

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... cent, half what it was a decade ago. In contrast, membership among employees aged 35 to 49 years at 21.8 per cent fell one-third, as did union coverage for older workers which also fell one-third to 25.2 per cent. The irony however is that if unions ...

Raising stakes in charity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... proportion of profits to charity. Cuffe, who will receive no fees nor any financial benefit from the venture, has launched the Third Link Growth Fund. The fund uses a fund-of-fund structure where management fees set at 1.4 per cent after expenses are ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... to dividends and capital expenditure. The NZSX-50 index was down 35.44 points, or 0.99 per cent, to 3540, falling for the third day after several days of healthy rises.

Alternatives cause valuation headaches

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... level of monitoring of alternative investments. This follows a Deloitte survey of 22 super funds that found roughly one third of the super fund industry were unhappy with the level of regulation and quality of investment reporting in alternative asse ...

FinLit goes global

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
The world is catching the financial literacy bug with the launch of new programs now targeting the impoverished in the third world. Last month the Aflatoun global Campaign for Child Social and Financial Education was launched in Amsterdam by Princess ...

Volatility hits 5-year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... financial market and what is real. VanMac also reports that half of US equities managers remain bearish compared to one-third that are neutral and only 14 per cent that are upbeat. Unsurprisingly - in light of statements by the US Fed and IMF - VanMac ...

Tax offsets for fin advice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
The Federal Government should be prepared to provide tax offsets of up to two thirds of the cost of financial advice if they are serious about increasing Australians' access to these services, according to Mercer Wealth Solutions. Mercer's financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... firmer resource stocks, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment had dragged the market down. "This is the third month in a row that the sentiment has been down," Mr Campbell said. Bank stocks also were taking the market down with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... governance for business at the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia. West Australian Newspaper Holdings releases its third quarter results. Yesterday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 53.5 points, or 0.95 per cent, to 5571.5, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... such as Honda hit by brokerage downgrades. The Nikkei shed 96.68 points to 13,293.22 ending the week up 472.75 points, its third successive week of positive finishes. HONG KONG - Hong Kong's stock market was closed for the Ching Ming Festival, a public ...