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Double the super for wealthier Australians

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Well-off Australians are making double the effort to boost their additional superannuation contributions compared to their less wealthy counterparts, a new study has shown. Wealth benchmark's Personal Finances of Wealth Australians - 2008 Institutional ...

Cutting our energy usage has long way to go

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Despite all our apparent concern with conserving energy, Australians still have of long way to go to change and lower their energy and carbon footprints, reveals the 2008 ABS Yearbook. Solar energy is used by only 4 per cent of households as the primary ...

Fed Govt creates financial services task force

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... short-form SOA to the Working Group. We look forward to working together to improve access to financial advice for all Australians," Jo-Anne Bloch said. Richard Gilbert, chief executive at the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) said ...

Green light on First Home Saver

... established the 'First Home Saver Account' - a package of tax concessions and government contributions to help young Australians and low income earners buy their first home. "This is a modest long-term measure to assist more young Australians achieve ...

AustralianSuper and Mercer now a tag team

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
One of the country's largest superannuation funds, AustralianSuper, has recruited global consulting firm, Mercer, as its specialist service provider for its $1.6 billion corporate division. The venture will see Mercer provide administration, call centre ...

Australia number 1 in managed funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... into the sector compared with their US and European counterparts. According to the AFG global funds management index, Australians boast an average of $63,794 invested in managed funds - a long way ahead of the US ($43,458), France ($37,451) and Sweden ...

Text ANZ for your account balance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... application that enables customers to make payments and transfer funds from their mobile phone. "More than 95 per cent of Australians have a mobile phone," said ANZ group managing director, personal division, Brian Hartzer. "Australia also has one of ...

One in three retirees don't review plan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
Almost one third of Australians in retirement have not re-assessed their retirement strategy, according to an AXA survey. The AXA survey conducted by Roy Morgan Research included 309 phone interviews to working Australians aged 25 and over and 319 phone ...

Macq appoints ex-Platypus fundie

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... planner numbers. "We believe there is huge potential in the Queensland market, which is home to many investment savvy Australians, some of which are already working in partnership with our wealth managers to help realize their financial goals," Jane ...

Szondy joins Frontier

Gabriel Szondy has been appointed as a director to the board of Frontier Investment Consulting (Frontier). Szondy joins the board as the representative of one of Frontier's shareholders, AustralianSuper. His current positions include director at Care ...