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Ipac improves 'soft dollar' register disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... alternative remuneration for planners available to members of the public, after a staff member failed to do so following a request. A spokesperson for ipac said the firm had this month briefed its call centre staff to provide the register to members ...

Ireland gives in to EU bailout

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... government officials stating that the country's funding needs had already been met until mid 2011. "Ministers welcome the request of the Irish Government for financial assistance from the European Union and Euro-area member states...providing assistance ...

SuperChoice tags Australia Post for super

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
SuperChoice has collaborated with Australia Post on a superannuation account consolidation project that could reduce fees on unwanted extra accounts by $500 million over the next five years. SuperChoice will launch Consolidate My Super, a service that ...

Be wary of lowball offer: AUI

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... now 3 percent of an investor's account balance per month, subject to a $2,000 minimum. Alternatively, investors can also request in any given month a one-off withdrawal of the full amount of their investment, which will be met on a pro-rata basis in ...

Equity Trustees calls for more from teeth behind RE reforms

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
Financial services firm Equity Trustees has welcomed the regulator's call for tighter rules around RE licensing and said any reforms must match the increasing complexities of fund products now available to investors. Harvey Kalman, head of funds management ...

Super tax breaks unaffordable: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... Blue Book. The briefings are "protected" documents but for the first time, following a successful Freedom Of Information request, Treasury posted the Red Book briefing on its website. For superannuation, the Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) sector and ...

Macq Private Wealth expands insurance team

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
Macquarie Private Wealth appoints three new insurance specialists to its wealth protection team, doubling its size. Formerly of Tower Australia, Nancy Peat brings 25 years of experience to the team in Melbourne while Lee Aylward joins the team from ...

ATO tackles SMSF fraud risk

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
The ATO has taken measures to protect fund members from losing their super savings, as threats to SMSFs, one of the biggest segments in the superannuation industry, become more sophisticated. "The fraud that occurs happens when they get someone's name ...

Challenger to open redemptions on mortgage fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Challenger's Howard Mortgage Fund proposes to make $850 million of funds available for investor redemptions by Christmas, as part of a major restructuring to improve returns and liquidity. In a statement, Challenger said it will ask all its mortgage ...

Titanium challenges rating

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... pursuing an active investment style at all," continued S&P. The rating was subsequently withdrawn at the fund manager's request. In a statement obtained by Financial Standard, a lawyer for the fund said: "We were very disappointed that the commissioned ...