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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... the federal government will offer $958 million in subsidies to help Elders and Optus take high-speed broadband to Australians living in the bush. Prime Minister John Howard and Communications Minister Helen Coonan today announced that the Optus-Elders ...

Tax cheats handed decade in jail

Three South Australians were sentenced to a total of 12 years imprisonment for committing a tax fraud amounting to $6.8 million. 62-year old Maxwell John Reid, 48-year old Edna Reid and 75-year old Graham Ernest Dasborough were found guilty of a total ...

Suncorp planners ride groundswell of activity

... superannuation, predicting that more individuals are going to sign up for planning even after the June 30 deadline. But giving Australians a month's deadline before they can take advantage of 'transition to super' laws have kept Suncorp busy. "It's been ...

Vanguard takes top honours at Rainmaker Marketing Awards

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
Vanguard's Colin Bold has taken out the award for Marketer of the Year at the 2007 Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards. More than 250 attendees were on hand to see Bold, head of marketing for Vanguard, take out the open award for Marketer of the Year. ...

Australia trailing towards the future

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
... super to 12 per cent, while urging the industry to be much more transparent, giving far better advice, something that Australians were willing to pay for, he said. "Aussie investors don't mind paying for advice, as long as it's quality," he said. However ...

Massive inflows see new ideas

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
... causing churn in the oversubscribed Australian equities market and pushing more money overseas, Dunnin said, with Australians now investing 25 per cent of their money in international stocks, up from 15 per cent ten years ago. All of this meant progressive ...

Russell modernising pension products

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
... with Australia's demographics and a changing notion of retirement and work would dramatically affect the needs of Australians in retirement. "With increasing life expectancy and improved standards of health, Australians will no longer need to - or want ...

Economic round-up: Hey big spenders

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
With tax cuts on the way and consumer confidence at a 32 year high, it seems Australians are staking out the stores and car yards with smoking wallets and little thought of the consequential pressure applied to inflation. The general consensus among ...

Planners must build trust and stay on message: Koch

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... industry is suffering from serious image problems and faces many challenges before it can effectively reach out to more Australians, according to media personality and finance media executive, David Koch. Speaking at the 2007 Financial Planning Week ...

Super fees jump triple inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
Rainmaker has released their 2007 super and retirement fund survey, showing fees have jumped 8 per cent, or nearly three times the inflation rate. But the continuing performance bull run is distracting funds more focused on expanding their investments ...