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Pockets of income in property

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... where the vacancy rates have decreased from 4 to 3.4 per cent," said Gillard. The new seven-year, fixed life fund is directed at wholesale investors with a minimum investment of $50,000. The regular income distribution p.a. for FY2010 is pegged at 10 ...

Budget deficit squeezes pension promises

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... estimated by Treasury to amount to $26 billion, or 69 per cent of all tax expenditures, much of which is thought to be directed towards high income earners. Government going cold on the idea to boost age pensions, or to at least limit the top ups, reinforce ...

NCSF and Catholic Super to merge

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... outgoing chair, Bob Welsh, chief executive at VicSuper. The board said it would take a year to complete the merger and directed its members to check www.merger.ncsf.csf.com.au for updates on its transition into a single entity.

UK consumers embrace online comparison tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... their search for transparent and competitive policies," noted Datamonitor. Datamonitor said consumers becoming more self-directed means financial services firms need to enhance the way they interact with their clients. "Providers should consider the ...

NAB deploys Telstra tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... and VeCommerce. The new service is designed to improve NAB's telephone banking experience, as customer enquiries are directed to the most appropriately skilled banker in an efficient transaction. Telstra led the sale and implementation of VeConnect as ...

Government pumps $500m into Members Equity

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... the AOFM would purchase $4 billion in RMBS in Authorised Deposit-Taking Institutions. Just last week, the Government directed the AOFM to invest a further $4 Billion in non-ADI institutions. "This program of steps will ensure that Members Equity Bank ...

ETS or carbon tax, still same problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... Peers said, however, that the weakness of a carbon tax is that it doesn't garrantee that money raised by the tax will be directed to abatement projects or alternative energy developments that will actually cause the required emission reductions. "A cap ...

Super marketing with grunt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... and the special 'Lightning Rod' award for best use of electronic media. CPA Australia's entry was a YouTube campaign directed at Gen X and Gen Y members. It's a two-minute black-and-white comedy with a young man personifying a young woman's super fund. ...

FPA partners with Deakin

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... left by the Life Underwriters program which ended more than 12 years ago. "We now have a specialist education program directed by leading experts in life risk, combined with the professional standing of the FPA and all the qualifying requirements that ...

New tech changes on MLC cards

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... application online will have their data plucked out of MLC's financial planning software, and at a click of a button, be directed to the new website to complete the process. "You'll be able submit an application online and that'll go straight through ...