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Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
With the US economy entering its second year of recession, investors need all the best wishes for the New Year to come true. The problems of 2008 have not gone away - they have worsened. The reason why the equity markets' cheery welcome of 2009 faded ...

Divide super for members: Rainmaker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Australians should be separated into those that want a 'set and forget' fund and others that want a full service super solution to ensure members are in the appropriate fund, according to Alex Dunnin, Rainmaker Information director of research. Speaking ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Red alert! Red alert! China is slowing. China is slowing. Persistent punches by the global financial crisis has knocked out the economies of the United States, the Eurozone, Japan and the United Kingdom to name a few. By its sheer size and ongoing industrialisation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket bounced back at noon as strong resources stocks helped the market shrug off a negative lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 20.8 points, or 0.58 per cent, at 3,625.1, while the broader ...

Assist trustees, don't overregulate: AIST

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
Super funds could benefit from greater guidance on reporting expectations and a consistent reporting format across all regulators, according to Andrew Barr, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees research and policy manager. Instead of gutting ...

Standard Chartered signs on SmartStream

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
Tech firm SmartStream Technologies has signed on Standard Chartered Bank onto its TLM Reconciliations system to create a global reconciliations platform. SmartStream said that Standard Chartered is hiring its services as part of an ongoing strategic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
After a flat start the Australian share market was in the red at noon, as falling banking stocks capped gains in the resources sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 33 points, or 0.91 per cent, at 3,598.6, while the broader All ...

Calls to cut super contribs fails to get traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
Simplistically rejecting the idea of temporarily cutting super contributions misses the big opportunity - putting superannuation into the economic frontline and making it part of our monetary policy heavy artillery. A group of economists lead by Nick ...

Super funds reject calls to cut super contrib

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
A group of economists lead by Nick Gruen, principal of the Lateral Economics consultancy, have written to the Prime Minister proposing that employer super contributions be cut from 9 to 6 per cent with the money transferring to employees as take-home ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
Two million jobs and counting. This is the number of Americans that will bring increased profits to Campbell Soup come Christmas time. And because these ordinary taxpayers' have to give part of their now non-existent income and drastically reduced wealth ...