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Aussies spend $8.7bn on celebrity makeover

... to start asking their clients the question "Who is your favourite celebrity?" after a Virgin Money study found that Australians have racked up an annual $8.7 billion credit card bill to look like their movie idols. The latest Virgin Money Celebrity Spending ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... accommodation in any one year. The Australian Council of Social Services Director Andrew Johnson has said that about 2 million Australians had difficulties meeting their budget every week.

Don't gamble with personal insurance: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
Australians seem only too happy to invest in Lotto and gamble with personal insurance, something AXA finds puzzling considering how unlikely it is a Lotto win will be there to support them when their income can't. Statistically, it's no small gamble. ...

STA and ARF post record returns

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
STA Super and the Australian Retirement Fund (ARF) have delivered record returns to members on the back of their recent move to join forces as AustralianSuper. According to Rainmaker data, for the year to 30 June 2006 STA is fourth overall for its default ...

Super communication to evolve with choice

... yesterday, Sunsuper's marketing manager Wayne Sullivan noted that since choice was introduced, a growing number of Australians are starting to take interest in their super. "Super was previously seen as an intangible thing that they have to have whether ...

Top fund communications win 2006 ASFA Awards

... guru Paul Clitheroe who highlighted the importance of communicating super and money management in a way that ordinary Australians could understand. "As an industry, there is a real challenge in communications, particularly with all the new words [financial ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... separate to the pipeline is largely owned by ExxonMobil Corp and local explorer Oil Search. This is not good news for Australians who have faced a tripling of oil prices since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The latest figures from the Department of Education ...

AustralianSuper moniker confusion

A battle may emerge over the use of the moniker 'AustralianSuper' with almost identical names being registered and similar logos appearing on two funds' websites. Recently merged mega-fund AustralianSuper successfully registered its trustee company ...

Economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... Costello commented yesterday that local government planning policies and state government taxes and charges have caused Australians to pay double what they should for their homes. The Warburton Hendy international tax benchmarking report concluded that ...

Mergers deliver cost savings to members

Vision Super and CARE Super may have abandoned plans to merge but those who took the leap, such as AustralianSuper and AUSCOAL Super, are enjoying big savings from merging their operations. Speaking at the annual Fund Executives Association (FEAL) conference ...