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Financial planning

20 Mar

Agricultural sector better placed than some

While agricultural investment will not be immune from the global downturn, new Rabobank research suggests that it will be better placed than most....

Financial planning

19 Mar

Meltdown takes heavy toll on financial planners

Australian financial planners have revealed the deep distress they are feeling as a result of the global financial crisis and the impact it is having on their clients....

Financial planning

19 Mar

Debt no impediment to happiness

The latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Index suggests that people who borrow large amounts of money to fund a genuine investment are generally happier than those with lowe...

Financial planning

19 Mar

S&P rethinks CDO ratings

Ratings house Standard & Poor's is in the process of changing the way in which it rates CDOs, with the result that many of the products may be downgraded...

Financial planning

19 Mar

Debt no impediment to happiness

The latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Index suggests that people who borrow large amounts of money to fund a genuine investment are generally happier than those with lowe...

Financial planning

18 Mar

Executive gold handshakes to become less golden

Australian shareholders, including major institutions, will have much more power to determine the size of golden handshakes handed to anyone on a company remuneration rep...

Superannuation

18 Mar

Monetary incentives to delay retirement

The Institute of Actuaries of Australia has recommended to the Henry Tax Review that Australians be provided with genuine incentives, including a higher pension, to recog...

Financial planning

18 Mar

Banks raise $60 billion in wake of guarantee

Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority submission shines light on the degree to which Australia's major banks have been advantaged by the Government's Bank Guaran...