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Wealth-creation seminar promoters comply with undertakings

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2004
... spruiker Robert G Allen claimed he wanted to create 1,000 millionaires in this country, by showing \"desperate\" ordinary Australians how to make their fortune in 101 days. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said yesterday it ...

Cash still king of ATMs - Reserve Bank

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2004
Australians withdrew $143 billion in cash over the past year, with automatic teller machines 13 times more popular than in-store EFTPOS terminals. A Reserve Bank analysis showed ATMs spat out $123 billion cash in 728,000 million transactions in the ...

Falling housing market puts baby boomers Super at risk-warning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2004
Falling house prices could dramatically impact on Australians who depend on equity in the family home or investment property to provide for their retirement, a building advisory service warned yesterday. Archicentre Queensland manager Ron Tanton said ...

Revised Govt super co-contribution to significantly boost take-up: IFSA

... $30,000 and $50,000. The analysis, provided by Eureka! Strategic Research for IFSA highlighted approximately 40% of Australians earning between $30,000 and $40,000 would take up the scheme compared to 29% previously, while 41% of those earning between ...

Guaranteed retirement annunities at risk: Mercer

Australians wishing to retire on a guaranteed income stream that complies with the social security test exempting all assets must act quickly before the Federal Government cuts the exemption in half, financial planners Mercer Wealth Solutions said. ...

Super result for retirement savings: IFSA

... $1 was a significant outcome and had major implications for improving the retirement savings prospects for working Australians. "Similarly increasing the threshold from $40,000 to $58,000 will considerably broaden the coverage of this concession," Mr ...

Macquarie DDR appoints Bob Joss as independent director

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2004
... as an independent director with the appointment taking effect in the new financial year. Mr Joss is best known to Australians as the former chief executive and managing director of Westpac Banking Corporation. During his tenure at Westpac, he strengthened ...

Voters prefer Government spending to tax cuts: poll

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2004
... than a $5 a week tax cut. The poll of 600 people, conducted in late February, showed only 34% of people wanted all Australians to receive a tax break. Almost two-thirds said they wanted those on lower incomes to received the bigger tax breaks, with the ...

Voters cool on Latham and tax cuts, poll finds

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
Voter support for Opposition Leader Mark Latham and Labor has slipped, but Australians are also cool on large tax cuts tipped for next month's budget, a new poll shows. The Sydney Morning Herald reports the ACNielsen poll shows support for Labor has ...

Bluestone buys into reverse mortgage market

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2004
... Non-conforming lender Bluestone Group Pty Limited is entering the budding reverse mortgage market, offering older Australians fixed interest cash loans for the rest of their lives. Reverse mortgages have drawn controversy from consumer groups - given ...