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Make sure the right people inherit your super

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... certainty when it came to estate planning and structuring. "Being able to appoint a Death Benefit Guardian will enable them to plan the flow of benefits knowing they have additional oversight not available in other circumstances. SMSF members looking ...

Buyer's market for planning businesses: Radar Results

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
A decrease in interest rates means financial planners can fund the acquisition of financial planning businesses, creating a buyers' market. With interest rates moving down over the past 12 months, financial planners can now borrow at rates as low as ...

Former adviser pleads guilty to dishonest dealings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
Former financial adviser Trevor Wayne Carll has pleaded guilty in Adelaide District Court to one count of deception and two counts of dishonest dealings with documents. The charges arose from Australian Securities & Investments Commission's (ASIC) investigation ...

Macquarie to sell COIN

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
Macquarie Banking and Financial Services has signed a conditional agreement for the sale of COIN Software to Rubik Financial Limited. Under the agreement, COIN will be separated into two financial software offerings, with Macquarie retaining the majority ...

China approves cross-border ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
China has approved mutual listings of exchange traded funds on Hong Kong and mainland exchanges. The Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) made the announcement on Friday saying the move was part of China's plans to boost financial exchange ...

AFS appoints regional manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
Australian Financial Services Group has named Danielle Nugent as the adviser group's regional manager for Victoria and Tasmania. Prior to joining AFS Group, Nugent was a consulting partner with The Strategic Thought Consultancy - an executive coaching ...

NSW govt run annuity targets platforms

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... better, it's not formally rated, but government credit is a better credit than alternative credit. "It is a bond, it's not a plan. So you are actually investing in debt which is being used to finance infrastructure in NSW." "When people do start to retire ...

Avenue joins Lonsdale

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
Adviser group Avenue Capital Management will join IOOF's Lonsdale Financial group, cementing the conglomerate's place well inside the industry's top 10. The agreement to join Lonsdale adds 30 adviser to their stable, bringing their combined numbers ...

Can this latest kick of the can can?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... We've seen this before. It's another short-term fix that only kicks the proverbial can down the road. The details of the plan are still MIA (missing in action). The crisis could resurface before the measures "agreed" upon at the summit come into effect. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... session of the financial year, with investors heartened by the fact that European leaders looked like they had settled on a plan to contain the euro zone's debt crisis - at least in the short term. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 49.8 points, or 1.23 ...