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ASIC issues disclosure guidelines for super trustees

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a new policy detailing guidelines for superannuation trustees regarding the delivery of product disclosure information about investment strategies to members. Policy Statement 184 ...

Borrowers in trouble after rate hike

The country's peak building and construction group fears the Reserve Bank's move to lift interest rates by 0.25 per cent represents a financial blow that many home owners can ill afford. Wilhelm Harnisch, chief executive of Master Builders Australia ...

Costs of multiple super too hard to address: max Super

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
Confirming the worst, research by max Super has revealed that over one-third of Australians have multiple super accounts which could see them missing out on $60,000 in retirement. The recent max Super survey found that more than 38 per cent of Australians ...

China miracle more political than economic: Fidelity Summit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
The China boom story is more a political miracle than an economic evolution, and that makes it even riskier than first imagined. The question of China was posed by Mercer's Tony Cole at the Fidelity Australian Equities Summit. The world has never seen ...

Govt moves on bankruptcy super shield

The Federal Government has abandoned its previously proposed line of attack towards bankrupt individuals who try to dodge their creditors by exploiting a super loophole, instead adopting a more common sense approach to the long-running problem. Late ...

Emerging markets enter hibernation

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
Emerging market fund flows are at a virtual stasis after recent volatility and a large scale capital exodus in June, according to the latest figures released by Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR). Emerging market fund flows were virtually stagnant ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open higher on a firm US lead. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0721 AEST, the September share price index contract was up 37 points at 4,975. Today the reporting season kicks off with EBet Ltd annual results due, and ...

Interest rate rise bad news for super contrib increase proposals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2006
So much for the campaign to boost national savings, as interest rates rise, inflation jumps, petrol price rises and surging cost of bananas push most middle-income consumers backwards. Analysis just released by financial information provider Infochoice.com.au ...

Vanguard says volatility points to indexing

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2006
If you are looking for your cash plus returns back in a year's time, then roll the dice but Vanguard doesn't want to know about it. If you are serious about a genuine long-term horizon, though, then indexing is a better than average bet. According to ...

Inaction is not the best action

Industry experts have argued that the recent market correction should compel mums-and-dads to re-balance their investment portfolios, not sit back and wait for the storm to pass. Michael Hutton, financial planning partner of HLB Mann Judd Sydney, said ...