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• The HIH catastrophe will not be the last.

  - 2003-04-21

  Apr 20, 2003 (The Canberra Times - ABIX via COMTEX) Some experts in Australia believe that future corporate collapses on the scale of HIH Insurance's demise are inevitable. The HIH royal commissioner, Justice Neville Owen, concluded that mismanagement played a major part in the...

  Tags: Australia, collapse, FINANCE, Insurance, University of New South Wales

• Which super fund delivers the most for your retirement?

  - 2002-05-02

  May 02, 2002 Real Estate Journal of NSW ABIX via COMTEX -- The extent of a person's superannuation savings can depend on the type of superannuation fund selected by the Australian investor. REI Super is one organisation which offers an inexpensive flat fee structure,...

  Tags: Australia, FINANCE, Insurance, investor, University of New South Wales

• Lawyers dispute negligence report.

  - 2002-03-27

  Mar 27, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- A report by Trowbridge Consulting and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu formed the basis of a debate on 27 March 2002. The subject of the debate amongst Australian Government members and their State counterparts was...

  Tags: Australia, Benefits, compensation, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Insurance, lawyer, University of New South Wales

• Where your super goes.

  - 2002-01-20

  Jan 20, 2002 (The Sun-Herald ABIX via COMTEX) -- Poor investment returns on superannuation funds in Australia in 2001 have drawn attention to fee charges. The Australian Consumers' Association has indicated a one per cent increase in fees can consume up to $A100,000...

  Tags: Australia, Benefits, FINANCE, Insurance, payout, University of New South Wales

• Rivals work out super differences.

  - 2001-12-17

  Dec 17, 2001 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- A New South Wales researcher has released a new paper on the cost of running superannuation funds in Australia. Hazel Bateman of the University of New South Wales recently issued an initial assessment...

  Tags: Australia, FINANCE, Insurance, researcher, University of New South Wales, Wharton School

• Super fees "very competitive" by world standards.

  - 2001-12-09

  Dec 10, 2001 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- It is often said that superannuation fees and charges are too high in Australia. A study by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ASFA has concluded that the average cost of funds...

  Tags: Australia, FINANCE, Insurance, standards, University of New South Wales

• Master key unlocks the career door.

  - 2001-11-13

  Nov 14, 2001 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- The Securities Institute of Australia's Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance seems to be gaining popularity in 2001. There are a number of other institutions offering a Master of Applied Finance or similar -...

  Tags: Australia, CAREER, FINANCE, Insurance, Macquarie University, Monash University, University of New South Wales