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Future Fund is $652m richer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
Despite the credit crisis, the Future Fund comes out on top making $652 million in the year to June - but the returns may be due to prudence rather than skill. The Future Fund, excluding returns from its Telstra stake, gained 1.54 per cent or $652 million ...

None the wiser, all the poorer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... next statement. Mercer's Super Sentiment Index has found that 72 per cent of 1,000 people surveyed last month expect to be richer on their super this year, despite the much-reported maladies of the market. David Anderson, Asia Pacific leader of Mercer's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... Aluminium, which jumped five per cent. At 1211 AEDT, Rio Tinto was up $2.31 to $136.08 while predator BHP Billiton was 20 cents richer at $39.23. The major banks were all down over 1.5 per cent, with the National Australia Bank losing 67 cents, or 2.13 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... target delivered a record underlying profit of $US7.443 billion ($A8.31 billion) overnight. Predator BHP Billiton was $1.18 richer at $38.53, and Alumina jumped 39 cents to $5.40. Among the major banks, the National Australia Bank was 82 cents richer ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... $US807.80 per fine ounce. The gold miners were doing better, however, with Lihir Gold up one cent to $3.97, Newcrest 60 cents richer at $33.41 and Newmont three cents heavier at $5.72. Australian energy companies were mostly worse off after US crude ...

More rich get richer

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
The Asia Pacific region's 2.6 million new high net worth individuals are providing some insights into 'investment styles of the rich and famous,' according to Merrill Lynch and Capgemini's 2nd annual Asia-Pacific Wealth Report. According to the report ...

NZ mobile tech company spreads fronds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... introduce complete, secure mobile banking services tailored to their company, ranging from simple SMS-based applications to richer, Java-based software. The programs include the TxTBank and BankAlert message applications, SmartBank 128-bit encrypted ...

Billionaire bull run

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007

Income does not drive wealth: ABS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
... predictor of wealth. In fact households with the main residents being between 55 and 64 years of age were on average 10 times richer than households comprised of people in their early twenties. Household wealth was also found to peak for this age group ...

AXA re-writes individual insurance

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... demographic landscape meant insurers needed to constantly evolve. "Our recent census confirms that we are getting older, richer but into more debt. For the first time there are more people paying off mortgages than those who own their homes outright. ...