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Citigroup CEO off to NAB

National Australia Bank today announced two key appointments - former Citigroup Australasia chief executive Ahmed Fahour in the newly created role of chief executive for Australia and ex-Commonwealth Bank of Australia executive Michael Ullmer as the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2004
Trade on the Australian share market should remain fairly light today without a lead from Wall Street which was shut for the Independence Day holiday. Shares in Europe and Asia closed mixed in very light volumes. Prices of metals rose overnight on the ...

High fees weigh on Zurich ratings: Morningstar

Morningstar has given Zurich Financial Services' Australian fixed interest fund a 3/5 sector strength rating due to the "relatively high" fees, which it said outweigh the fund's benefits. "The relatively high fees charged for Zurich's Australian fixed ...

Superannuation poll finds half expect to work in retirement

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2004
Half the Australian workforce expects to work part-time in retirement and the vast majority don't expect to rely solely on superannuation, a survey released today found. In what could pose a major challenge to the policymakers in Canberra, two thirds ...

Study shows many Australian retirees on low incomes

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2004
The majority of retired Australians are living on no more than $320 per week, but that hasn't deterred people from leaving work years before the traditional retirement age, a study released yesterday found. Figures that validate growing concern in Canberra ...

New bill draws guarded support from KPMG

Proposed new legislation will hasten the winding-up of corporate funds, with members subsequently transferred into existing public offer superannuation arrangements, financial services consultant KPMG has predicted. KPMG welcomed the introduction of ...

ASIC approves Deakin AFS licence

... are adequately informed about their adviser and the advice that they are receiving," said Deakin general manager compliance Vas Nikola. "All Deakin representatives will attend intensive learning programmes that will cover a broad range of issues that ...

Up to 70% of Australian workers to get positive super returns: ASFA

Preliminary figures compiled by ASFA indicate that, contrary to the impression gained by some recent reports, the majority of Australian workers will get a positive return - ranging from 1.5 per cent to 4% - on their superannuation for the year ended ...

Sherry accuses Government of "another major super bungle"

Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings Nick Sherry today said that a $245 million hole has been blown in the Howard government's Budget due to the failure of temporary residents to collect their superannuation when they permanently leave ...