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Coalition doesn't support higher SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... exercise." To do this, governments need to eliminate as much over-regulation as possible. "Regulation tends to get piled on top of itself and the original purpose gets lost if we don't regularly prune it back."

Credit investors put bond issuers on notice

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... working on a recapitalisation plan. The trigger for this was traffic volume that fell short of forecast by almost half. On top of that the group providing the financial guarantee for the credit-wrapped bonds funding the tunnel, MBIA, lost its AAA rating ...

Barclays UK takes life insurance online

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... Norwich Union already provides motor, travel and home insurance to Barclays. Barclays move is at odds to the approach of many top Australian insurers which use financial advisers to provide life insurance. In May, Clive Levinthal, CommInsure general ...

Choice-of-fund members jump 81pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... a statistical blip. This is the future mass market forming very quickly," the company said. The report went on to find the top 20 super funds selected by the member. AustralianSuper led the table with a 14.77 per cent market share of choice members (that ...

Once lost, now found: super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... service has returned $39.3 million in lost and unclaimed super to its members. The XFM exercise is carried out annually by the top rating ERF with a pool of participating funds. "We regularly cross check fund data with our member register. When a match ...

SmartStream on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
SmartStream Technologies is on the hunt for top tech talent as the transaction management firm casts its focus on growing its Australian base. SmartStream, whose clients in Australia include industry heavyweights AMP, ING and Vanguard Investments, appointed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... Corporation. The benchmark Hang Seng index rose 99.39 points to 21,392.71. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket edged lower with top stock Telecom giving up more ground. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 11.34 points to 3333.90. There were ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... to 4,402.97. TOKYO - Japan share prices closed down 2.11 per cent, hit by renewed worries about the health of the world's top banks and news of a contraction in the domestic economy. Exporters' shares suffered after the US dollar fell back below the ...

Tuning in to Generation Next: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
What do ARIA, First State Super and Plum have in common? They all bagged the top awards at last year's ASFA Communication Awards, and will soon pass the baton to this year's shortlist, to be revealed tomorrow. A record 46 entries were submitted at this ...

Who plays the PE game, wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... worth in an investment portfolio, proper diversification favouring alternatives is now high on the agenda of most US funds. Top American insto investors are expected to allocate more than 22 per cent of their overall portfolios to alternative assets ...