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Efficiency and social equity best way to fix super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Improved efficiency and more social equity are the best ways to fix superannuation, not more tax handouts or extra compulsory contributions, according to two major submissions presented to the Henry taxation review. "While the evidence shows there is ...

BNP turns to games for education

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
BNP Paribas has developed a video game that allows the bank's European based employees to create their own virtual bank and learn more about the international banking system. The game, Starbank, allows employees or players to build a bank in an orbital ...

Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The RBA giveth and the RBA giveth again. Who would have thought that after two weeks of bad economic news here and abroad, the Reserve Bank of Australia would still have the nerve to say, 'she'll be right mate.' For this is exactly what the Australian ...

Mercer adds to outsourcing team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
Mercer continues to add more resources to the firm's $34 billion outsourcing sales business, hiring James Panaretos as outsourcing sales manager, corporate superannuation. Panaretos previously worked at Mariner Financial, Russell Investments and BT ...

AIG subsidiaries to separate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... US Treasury has resulted in the subsidiaries being quarantined into a special purpose vehicle, possibly in preparation for sale through an IPO. Any sale will have no impact on Australian policyholders however due to long-established protections locked-in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The Australian share market has received strongly negative leads from overseas, as US markets hit 12-year lows amid worsening concerns about financial companies and the economy. A further bailout of US insurer American International Group, which also ...

WHK sells NEXT stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... expected to be paid in two instalments; $7.4 million in cash at settlement and $3.6 million in cash or shares in Wilson HTM. The sale occurs at the same time as Wilson HTM agreed to buy all of NEXT Financial. NEXT Financial contributed $200,000 in the ...

Westpac launches BlueChip20

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
Westpac has launched an Australian shares separately managed account (SMA) that invests in the blue chip stocks to entice generation X into the market. The BlueChip20 SMA allows investors to build a portfolio in Australia's top 20 firms for a $2,500 ...

GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
The events of the past two weeks provided a microcosm of the on-going global financial crisis. The past 14 days capture the drama cum horror story that is being played out all around the world over the course of nearly two years. Fresh US data released ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open lower after data on Friday showed a deeper-than-anticipated contraction in the US economy, prompting a slump in share prices there. At 0724 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index ...