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The 93pc tax sting

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
No one really likes the taxman, but the threat of being taxed up to 93 per cent on your super elevates the dread to a whole new level. Corporate super fund Plum Financials Services has warned that the government's new Better Super may increase the chance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower as US stocks plunged overnight on the back of a record quarterly loss at top US bank Citigroup Inc and a surprise drop in US December retail sales. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0805 AEDT, the ...

Super advice for $199

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
Westpac throws a fresh challenge to the industry on making advice affordable after it introduced a low cost superannuation advice service this month. In an effort to help Australians with low superannuation balances receive financial advice, Westpac ...

A fresh take on deductible contributions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
Tax deductibility on personal super contributions has long been a bone of contention among many Australians but a superannuation specialist thinks there's a simpler way to approach the subject. Macquarie Adviser Services head of technical services ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
The Australian stock market remained in the red at noon, after local figures showed inflationary pressures have intensified, and following another poor performance on Wall St. This morning, the monthly inflation gauge prepared by TD Securities-Melbourne ...

We'll cut rates again if we have to: US Fed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
US Federal Reserve governor Ben Bernanke has warned that he is ready to cut rates further if that is what is necessary to shake the US economy out of its slow slide into recession, raising speculation that the AUD and oil prices will continue to skyrocket. ...

When a lift in unemployment is good news

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
An economy moving to full employment has big implications for economic policy and how we should read the macro indicators. In a major speech to the NSW Economic Society this week, Dr Steven Kennedy from the Commonwealth Treasury said while the most ...

Members require ID checks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has warned that superannuation fund members may need to provide additional identification before they can receive their fund benefits, following the implementation of anti-money laundering ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
A directionless Australian share market edged into positive territory at noon as a positive but erratic lead from Wall St was offset by an ailing property trust sector. General insurers also were lower as claim numbers related to storms in Sydney last ...

Operation auction squad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
While the US Fed crafts yet another master plan to fix the sub-prime fiasco, a quiet revolution is happening inside Australia's Reserve Bank. The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the US Federal Reserve and the Swiss National ...