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Retirement age must rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
The call by NSW Premier Morris Iemma for a lift in the retirement age reflects simple economic reality. It also shows how naive in retrospect people were who criticised the former government's proposals to encourage workers to delay their retirement ...

Securitor academy in the works

MICHAEL HOBBS REPORTING FROM THE CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
Securitor is to set up a paraplanning academy and launch an online self assessment program to help advisers beef up on their finance knowledge and better answer the questions of clients uneasy about the state of the markets. Speaking at the Securitor ...

Food shortages put farmers in box seat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
Farmers may at last be in the box seat with even the IMF now warning about a world food shortage, but rather than complaining about high food prices a better solution might be paying farmers reasonable prices for their produce. The world food shortage ...

Browne & Co joins Securitor

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
The Securitor financial planning network extends its reach in New South Wales after chartered accountant, Browne & Co, joined the group. Joining the Securitor group means Browne & Co's financial planning division, BEX, can access the dealer group's ...

We just don't organise anymore

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
Despite the successful fight to overthrow WorkChoices and the explosive growth of industry super funds, union membership just keeps getting worse. The ABS has just released figures showing trade union membership is down to only 13.7 per cent of employees ...

Earnings power peaks from age 35

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
Income for males peaks from age 35 while for women it peaks ten years earlier, reveals the ABS. The mean weekly earnings of employees in their main job was unsurprisingly higher for men than for women in every age group with the greatest difference ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on a negative lead from Wall Street and falls in base metal prices in London. On the Sydney Futures exchange at 0657 AEST, the June share price index was down seven points at 5375. In news today ...

Prudential selects IMPACT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
Prudential Asset Management has chosen Impact Investing's IMPACT software to improve its ability to manage equities and minimise risk. IMPACT is a desktop software product for portfolio managers that acts as an information base for performance data ...

Oil to drop to US$85 by year-end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
Petrol hitting $1.50 per litre is distracting analysts from the impact of the slowing world economy that is likely to see prices drop significantly in the medium term. Slowing world demand could drop prices from their current sustained US$110-plus run ...

Margin lending collapses risk regulatory over-reach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
The collapse of some boutique margin lenders is prompting calls for more regulation, but regulatory overreaction leading to overreach may cause even bigger structural problems. To illustrate the conundrum, it's worth reviewing some of Reserve Bank Glen ...