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Meat fund invests in high growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
The $529 million Meat Industry Employees Superannuation Fund is defying the super industry's flight to cash when it recently introduced a new "high growth" investment option to members. Up until the start of this year, MIESF did not offer investment ...

Real estate under threat

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Real estate could soon be a threatened asset class if property fund managers are not transparent about the sales and devaluation of their funds, says a US property investment expert. The slow trickling of cash flows into the global REITs sector has ...

No meat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
'All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say Yo Goober! Where's the meat? I'm trying to impress people here Lisa. You don't win friends with salad.' Homer Simpson. Equity investors who came to US Treasury ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower as Wall Street and European markets took sharp falls in response to details of a US Treasury bank stabilisation plan. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was ...

Top and bottom super performance differ by 36pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
The global financial crisis has widened the performance gap between the best and worst performing default workplace super funds to 36 per cent, treble their historic difference, according to SelectingSuper data. The latest SelectingSuper super fund ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Waiting...waiting. Americans and Australians are both in a holding pattern waiting for the passage of their respective government's latest fiscal dole-outs. Wall Street sat on the fence overnight as investors await the approval of US President Barack ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open flat as Wall Street awaits details of the US government's overhaul of a $US700 billion ($A1.04 trillion) financial rescue program. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
The Australian share market was over half of one per cent higher at noon, led by gains in the resources and banking sectors. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.3 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 3,451.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Small businesses to get two-year SG relief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
The Opposition is calling on the government to help small businesses by paying a portion of the Superannuation Guarantee obligations on behalf of small employers for the next two years, under a proposal announced yesterday. Businesses with 20 or fewer ...

Contributions, efficiencies still matter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
Fund losses due to the GFC might reinforce the importance of consistent investment returns, but it's crucial to lift long term contribution rates and make the superannuation system as efficient as possible. Garry Weaven, chairman of Industry Funds Management ...