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Equities could deliver zero returns: JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... members, Marshman gave several suggestions on how trustees can help boost short-term to long-term returns so that Australians don't have to suffer the same fate as Japanese investors, who lost their savings from the equities markets over the past 20 ...

Decimal updates online super advice system

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... what the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has called the 'unmet need' of multiple millions of Australians who require personal financial advice around their super savings," said Jan Kolbusz, managing director at decimal. "This ...

Years of living dangerously

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
Australians earning $60,000 a year or less could be forced to live on half that income when they retire, if the Government makes changes to super that "unintentionally" disadvantages low to middle-income earners. Industry body ASFA challenged new Treasury ...

December 25bps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
While Wall Street looks far, far ahead on when its central bank would announce its first interest rate hike, Australians have only three weeks to go before they might see another one. With only a fortnight and a week to go, speculation have been ebbing ...

SelectingSuper unveils 2009 top super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
SelectingSuper has recognised the industry's finest, with more than 20 of the country's 400-plus super funds making it to this year's awards shortlist. This morning's SelectingSuper Awards recognised REST Super as the Fund of the Year, and paid tribute ...

Big tax reforms on way for super: Tsr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... countries, to face the challenges of an ageing population. And I agree... it's important that we maintain incentives for Australians to save for their retirement through super." Despite this, Swan said superannuation's regressive tax structure is a major ...

Green takes reigns at AIA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
AIA Australia have appointed Damien Green as their new local chief executive. Green has been with AIA, formerly AIG Australia, since 2006 progressively directing the client services division and being heavily involved with business development and client ...

Advice delivers $2,400 savings per year: research

IFSA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... Association (IFSA) commissioned KPMG Econtech to find out the impact of financial advice on the savings behaviour of Australians. Using data from over 840,000 individual accounts for the 2007/08 financial year, the firm found that those who do have a ...

Boiling frog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... cent through to 2010? Will I still be able to afford half a dimsum for lunch? Well it may not be such a big deal for Australians who have mortgages but they're not the only ones affected by rising credit rates. Businesses - big and small - are too. Yes ...

Trick or treat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... very far without the government juicing them up. There'll be a lot of worried investors as trading resumes today. Australians - for one - would be jittery. One, because we have to wait until tomorrow to know if the nightmare on Wall Street remains a ...