Australians are largely apathetic towards the Federal Government’s much maligned WorkChoices initiative when compared to other key election issues such as the environment, the economy, healthcare and education.
A new CoreData survey of 3,440 Australians in early May reveals only one in fifteen people (6.8%) identify the Howard …
Gordon Brown, the UK’s Prime Minister in waiting, has survived a House of Commons vote of no confidence over a stealth tax on pensions he introduced back in 1997.
Brown may have bested his opposition party namesake in the debate, the Conservative shadow chancellor George Osborne, but the …
Airline magazines have long been the preserve of luxury brands with glossy ads showcasing expensive cars, indestructible watches, shimmering jewellery and exotic travel destinations.
However, it is interesting to note that financial services groups are muscling in on the action in greater numbers.
This month’s Qantas magazine for …
With so much focus on climate change after the release of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Brussels last week, it seemed only appropriate to air this satirical rebuke of the investment world.
Wormwood Bayne is a fictional US investment company which cares …
Just what the industry needs - another advertising campaign insinuating financial planners are bad, that they are liars and are likely to be doing something they aren’t telling you about.
In short, planners are criminals.
Where is this coming from? ASIC? IFSA? A shadowy government body which is all care and …
Orange, the global commercial brand of France Telecom, is one of the first companies in the UK to put together two separate employee benefits packages to create a compelling pensions offer for its staff.
By putting the proceeds of a share save scheme into a pension, employees can, …
