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Govt continues to target high income HHs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
Speculation the government will cut back the health insurance rebate for high income earners lends weight to where it might wield the superannuation axe. A story published this morning in the Australian newspaper reports that the health insurance rebate ...

Sick of swines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
Wall Street must be at home sick with the flu last night. The S&P 500 and the Dow barely budged at the same time that news of more infections traveled around the globe. Perhaps the swines are just taking advantage of cheaper plane tickets and accommodations ...

Budget deficit squeezes pension promises

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... needed to make up for collapsing government taxation revenue. The worsening fiscal position is forcing the government to signal that pension reform promises may have to be delayed or that means testing will have to be re-introduced, moves that will begin ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight as financials gained on a strong profit result from PNC Financial Services. Gold miners are likely to gain after the price of the precious metal increased. At 0739 ...

Keep co-contributions: HESTA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... co-contribution scheme. Anne-Marie Corboy, chief executive of HESTA, said removing co-contributions would send the wrong signal to the community about superannuation. "Women are key beneficiaries of the income-tested co-contribution scheme, where a voluntary ...

Fee-for-service cuts planner revenue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
Advice businesses shifting from commissions to fee-for-service experience revenue drops but not as substantial as expected. Updated research from Elixir Consulting has found that businesses that charge a set dollar fee for their ongoing advice did not ...

IMF and Swan riding on doom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
What are they up to? What do they hope to accomplish? I am talking, of course, about the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and our very own Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan. What do they have in common? Both still have not learned their lessons. Both want ...

Make love not leverage

Financial Fools' Day is what some 4,000 anti-everything protesters dubbed the day when leaders of the G20 meet to hold a summit on 'how do we solve a problem like the GFC?' The protesters were railing against almost every issue known to man it seems. ...

CalPERS reviews cost of hedge

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
One of the largest super funds in the US, CalPERS, plans to put more emphasis on a hedge fund manager's long term returns than short term returns when negotiating fund fees - signalling a new way super funds pay for performance. CalPERS said in a press ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open stronger on Friday following gains on Wall Street. Gold, silver and oil prices also were higher while copper was marginally lower. At 0641 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index ...