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Wow on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
If there's something strange in your neighbourhood, who ya gonna call? Ben Bernanke! It was a wow day on Wall Street overnight as our friend Ben reinforced this Ben's view that it would be a win-win for equity markets, no matter how the Fed see its ...

EQT wins Austock Life mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Life insurance company Austock Life has added Equity Trustees Limited's Mortgage Income Fund to its Imputation Bond menu. "It is very important to many of our investors - especially those using the Imputation Bond's estate planning and aged care strategies ...

FPA launches consultation on financial planning education

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
The Financial Planning Association, in conjunction with the Financial Planning Education Council, will launch a national consultation framework on the curriculum and accreditation requirements for financial planning education in Australia. In 2011 ...

Speculation grows on super tax breaks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
Two days after opposition Treasurer Joe Hockey said in a landmark interview that Australia needs to end its cult of welfare entitlement, speculation is rising the government is considering a clampdown on untargeted superannuation tax concessions. On ...

Franklin Templeton hires new regional manager

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
Franklin Templeton Investments has added its retail division as part of a wider expansion plan. Stuart Devlin joined Franklin Templeton investments in April this year, in the newly created position of southern regional manager of Franklin Templeton's ...

Govt overhauls aged care

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
The introduction of means testing for aged care by the Federal Government is set to reshape the entire industry, with flow-on effects expected for advice. In the biggest revamp of the national aged care system in 15 years, the Gillard Government said ...

Life risk inflows up 10.4pct

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... with new premium sales up 17% as virtually all companies experienced growth in risk business, according to new figures from Plan for Life. The rise took total inflows to $10.3bn across the year with AIA Australia (33.5%), CommInsure (16.2%), Zurich (14.0%) ...

XPLAN remains first choice

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
IRESS' XPLAN has maintained its place as the adviser's choice when it comes to overall planning functionality, according to a new report. The Investment 2011 Trends Planning Software Report examined the eight most popular fully featured planning applications ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
The Australian share market opened slightly higher following gains for the mining giants and despite falls on Wall Street. At 1013 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.9 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,355.6 points, while the broader ...

AIA Australia expands with 13 hires

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
AIA Australia has expanded its existing 38 person retail division by adding a further 13 new team members as part of a wider expansion strategy. In an effort to provide more support for its adviser base, AIA Australia said the new roles will help advisers ...