Act's Rodney Hide gets all worked up over the Government's publicity plan.

Gst now payable on management fees, More money for the super fund, EQC goes offshore, New deposit rates.

ACT leader Richard Prebble has welcomed a National Bank report which shows the government's superannuation fund will erode economic growth, keep up interest rates and fail to achieve forecast returns.

The Government is to spend money promoting the Big Cullen fund to New Zealanders.

Dorchester's other sites include Dorchester Finance which offers high returns on fixed interest securities and Dorchester Capital which specialises in raising property finance and business capital.

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The global insurance industry is on a solid footing despite the record losses it will suffer from the terrorism attacks in the United States.

Most of the contributions to the Government’ s Super Fund are being funded by debt. The household sector equivalent is increasing the mortgage to punt on equities.

Another in an occasional series in which Michael Littlewood analyses speeches by our political leaders (and others) on superannuation issues.

AMP Henderson, Alliance Capital, BT Funds Management and Tower have won contracts to each manage hundreds of millions of dollars for the Government Superannuation Fund.

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When it comes to super Act leader Richard Prebble says he can agree with his Alliance counterpart Jim Anderton on some points.

Consulting actuaries Melville Jessup Weaver report on what happened in the past quarter and how the fund managers fared.