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Super funds team up to promote member education

REST, STA and Sunsuper, three of Australia's largest industry funds, have come together to launch an education campaign, dubbed Education Key, aimed at helping members of the funds make appropriate financial decisions. The three funds, which manage ...

Unemployment at lowest level since 1977

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2004
Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level since 1977 and the federal government now believes it can lock in a rate under six per cent for years to come. The official unemployment rate dipped 0.2 percentage points to 5.3 per cent in October. The actual ...

Costello's Future Fund draws fire

The proposal by Federal Treasurer Peter Costello to establish a special fund to deal with the almost $90 billion hole in the Australian government's superannuation commitments lacks focus, asset consultant Ken Atchison said this week. The government's ...

Global investment flows seen recovering after three-year slide

Global investment flows are set to recover in 2004 after a three-year slump, thanks to growth in the service industry and improved economic prospects worldwide, the UN's trade and development agency predicted on Wednesday. Foreign direct investment ...

S&P affirms Zurich Aust ratings, outlook stable

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
Standard & Poor\'s Ratings Services said today that it has affirmed its A insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings on nonlife insurer Zurich Australian Insurance (ZAIL), and life insurance subsidiary Zurich Australia (ZAL), together ...

Oil hits record high as Yukos told to stop sales

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
Oil prices hit their highest level in at least 21 years overnight after bailiffs ordered beleaguered giant Russian oil company Yukos to stop sales, threatening further strain on tight international supplies. The news intensified concerns over the lack ...

Proposal to abolish exit fees splits industry

A Federal Opposition proposal to stop super providers charging exit fees when investors leave their funds has been rejected by the major body representing Australia 's major retail funds. "I don 't think there 's a role for the Government to regulate ...

Family allowance boosts Australian retail sales in June

The federal government\'s family allowance benefit helped lift Australian retail sales to an uncharacteristically high level in June, a monthly index has revealed. The Cashcard Retail Activity Index for June, based on data from electronic card transactions ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2004
The Australian market is expected to open weaker following losses in the US as interest rate fears, sparked by lower than expected jobless figures and high oil prices, hit the markets. The Australian stock market finished in the red yesterday, with ...

US Fed holds key short-term rate steady

The Federal Reserve held a main short-term interest rate at a 46-year low today in an attempt to keep the US economy humming. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and his Federal Open Market Committee colleagues - the group that sets interest rate policy in ...