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Debt trumps terrorism as top threat

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008

Australians are more concerned about other people finding out their credit card or debit card details than the threat of terrorism, a reversal of the trend post September 11, according to a new study. The Unisys Security Index measures the level of ...

Attack tax with tact

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008

... though we are still waiting for many of the State taxes that it was to replace to be phased out. According to the ABS, Australians paid $320 billion in total taxation in 2006-07. As a measure of how quickly this is rising, it was up 34 per cent in just ...

CFS FirstChoice expands investments options

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008

... new geared option, FirstChoice Geared Growth Plus. The option will gear professionally managed investments across Australians and global shares, infrastructure securities, global property securities and emerging markets. CFS is introducing three new ...

Di Bartolomeo joins AustralianSuper board

AustralianSuper has appointed Lucio Di Bartolomeo to its Trustee Board following the resignation of Barry Watchorn. Watchorn resigned after 13 years' service on the Board and its predecessor fund, ARF. Di Bartolomeo is the Australian Industry Group's ...

Tasplan uses ant mascot as Gen Y magnet

RUTH LIEW | MONDAY, 21 APR 2008

... line of attack against superannuation illiteracy - introducing Superant, the new animated mascot that helps young Australians engage with their super. Developed by Blue Rocket Productions, Superant snags the leading role in what Tasplan claims is the ...

Retirement age must rise

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008

... RetirementJobs in the US. Other should be expected to follow suit in Australia. The ABS reports there are more than 1 million Australians above age 60 who are not in the workforce, illustrating the potential if only a small proportion were to re-enter ...

Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008

... up to Australia's Skills Challenge said, "the ABS recently estimated that 46 percent of adults - or seven million Australians - had poor or very poor skills across one or more of the five skill domains of prose literacy, document literacy, numeracy ...

Instos to spend big in India

MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008

Two thirds of Australian institutional investors polled in the Centre for Investor Education (CIE) conference about India said they expect to increase their portfolio allocation to the region in the coming year. "There are many opportunities for Australian ...

Alternatives cause valuation headaches

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008

Super fund legalsuper has taken extra steps when reviewing its alternative assets portfolio to address concerns that members could risk losing their savings from mispricing of illiquid assets. The super fund now do monthly valuations of their alternative ...

Bad markets, good advice

RUTH LIEW | THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008

Financial planners may be the surrogate bearer of bad news as markets continue to shed their value but one dealer group has stepped up to say there's no better time to talk to clients than when the going is tough. Robert Thomas, head of research and ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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