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Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... middle of next year, thank you very much! The Irish government remains adamant in refusing a bail out despite the European Union (and the IMF) practically shoving bail out money down its throat. What to make of all these? Eventually, Dublin would be ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving generally positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street indices higher, along with precious metals. Oil was flat. On the ASX24 at 0647 AEDT, the December share price index contract was 16 points ...

Support grows for Asia Funds Passport

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... Hong Kong markets. Andrew Wilson, asset management leader, PwC Australia said that Australia can learn from the European Union's 25 years experience in the region, with there already being many similarities between regulatory frameworks between Australian ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... and the re-ignition of sovereign debt crisis fears. But only if you think that the European Central Bank and the European Union would just sit idly by and watch its members burn. Same as the worry about China, we've been down this path in the middle ...

SelectingSuper celebrates top 2010 funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... Australia (AM) for his outstanding service in super and lobbying for workers' rights, has been proactively involved in the union movement for over 30 years. Meanwhile retail funds were the star performers in the Workplace Super Product of the Year - ...

Workers to wear SG rise: Shorten

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
Superannuation minister Bill Shorten has put himself and the government on a collision course with the union movement following repeated statements that the SG increase will not be funded by employers but by employees. Speaking yesterday at the OECD/IOPS ...

Lower fees or lose advantage: ACTU

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
The ACTU has called on industry funds to keep lowering their fees or risk losing one of their key competitive advantages over retail funds. Tim Lyons, assistant secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions said one of the top challenges facing ...

Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... 4.8 per cent of Australian exports were shipped to the US during the same period - or that 27 countries in the European Union combined only bought 7.9 per cent of Australia's shipments. And despite international angst about China's overvalued currency ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
After being largely overlooked during the election campaign and in the scramble to form government, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has put superannuation policy firmly back in the political spotlight. The Minister called on mining companies and ...

Unions threaten strikes with BBC pension reforms looming

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010