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ETF market closes in on $9 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... trades have increased by 35% for the same period. "The exchange traded funds (ETF) industry is rapidly growing as more Australians are using ETFs to access not only domestic financial markets, but global equity, commodity, fixed interest and currency ...

The weekend that could change the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... a-changin'." -Bob Dylan This is it Virginia!A This is the final week before the times, they could all a-change. Many of us, Australians all, will be grudgingly sacrificing trekking to polling booths tomorrow to choose which political party is the lesser ...

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... The first and the second quarters of 1991 were the last. This translates to twelve point two million - the number of Australians aged 0-39 years as at the end of the June quarter 2012 (based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Australian Demographic ...

Mercer trumpets "lifetime super concessional cap"

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... Managing Director & Market Leader for the Pacific, said, "Lifetime concessional contribution caps would provide all Australians with an equal opportunity to build their nest egg when they've got the financial capacity to do so.A We should simply begin ...

Future Fund legally bound to protect docs in AustralianSuper feud

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
The Future Fund risks breaching a legally-binding confidentiality agreement with Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIX) if it hands over documents to AustralianSuper relating to its purchase of a stake in Perth airport. It is understood that AustralianSuper ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... things moving along nicely.A Unemployment, after all, is a lagging indicator. These latest news should be music to Australians ears.A Australians all, let us rejoice!A More so because they come just about the same time that the (political) race that ...

IFS to triple adviser numbers in 3 years

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... expects to triple the number of financial advisers over the next three years. Danaher admitted that the number of Australians seeking advice through their industry fund is still low. Industry Super Network (ISN) chief executive David Whiteley said that ...

Thousands of finance workers face axe: FSU

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... and has no near-term plans for large-scale offshoring. "Our customer call centres, which employ approximately 1,500 Australians, are based in Sydney and Melbourne," the spokesperson said. Shingles said that the union had an agreement with NAB whereby ...

NAB denies "new" offshoring program in face of job loss figures

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... and has no near-term plans for large-scale offshoring. "Our customer call centres, which employ approximately 1,500 Australians, are based in Sydney and Melbourne," the spokesperson said. Media and communications manager at the FSU Leanne Shingles told ...

PIS could face class action over "inadequate" advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... (PIS) after retail investors face losses from the collapse of a Queensland olive farm investment scheme. Over 350 Australians had ploughed approximately $25 million into the Brooklyn Park Organic Olive Groves Bonni-Foi project, a managed investment scheme ...