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Contributions surge to 25pc of wages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
Revised statistics on superannuation contributions released by APRA and the ATO reveal an explosion in the amount of money Australians are contributing into their super funds, now running at a quarter of total wages and salaries. APRA figures released ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
'Job losses worst for 18 years' (AFR). 'Australian Jobless Rate Climbs to 4-Year High of 5.2%' (Bloomberg). Boy oh boy, here we go again. Each time Australia's job numbers are updated, we get the media's display of their masochistic tendencies. We are ...

SPAA reloads for 2009

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
This year the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) will get more involved in parliamentary inquiries, add more staff to provide a better service to members and change its advertising campaign. Speaking yesterday at ...

Savings paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Yesterday's strong rally on Wall Street was followed by a flat performance overnight. Is Wall Street catching its breath before taking another jump? Or is it taking a deep breath for diving? Such is the uncertainty created by the current global economic ...

Developing Asia worst hit

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Developing countries in Asia are the worst casualties of the global financial crisis, which last year slashed the value of financial assets worldwide by a massive US$50 trillion. According to a new study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), losses on ...

GESB seeks more unlisted exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... which had $8.4 billion in assets under management at September last year, acknowledged that the fund's investment performance may "compare unfavourably to some other funds" which have high asset allocations to unlisted assets. For the past 12 months ...

Lift retirement age, lower long term benefits: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said countries should consider lifting their retirement ages, raising pension fund contribution rates and containing age-related expenditures such as health costs. The irony however is that countries with largely ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, amid a quiet session due to a public holiday in Victoria, as mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto led the way. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.6 points, or 0.78 per cent, at ...

Gold will rally, bonds thrive: BlackRock

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
Resources are set to underperform, gold prices rally and Australian bonds outperform their US counterparts - these are a few of BlackRock's top 10 market predictions for 2009. According to David Hudson, head of investment strategy and asset allocation ...

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
US First Lady, Michelle Obama, shows us the future - and it does not look good. Wall Street and European equities tumbled again while we were sleeping. Part of the reason was disappointment that the much-awaited Chinese medicine was not potent enough ...