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AMP reduces North Guarantee fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
AMP has reduced the cost of the North Guarantee, allowing investors to shore up investment gains at a lower price. The announcement comes after superannuation fees came under scrutiny in a report by the Grattan Institute, which found Australians were ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to rise after a boost to tech stocks lifted Wall Street. At 0651 AEST on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 19 points at 5,436. In local economic news on Tuesday, the minutes of Reserve Bank ...

Beacon approves DomaCom fractional property fund

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
Beacon Financial Group will add the DomaCom fractional property fund to its approved product list (APL). DomaCom's property fund was launched in February and was aimed at meeting the needs of the independent financial advice (IFA) sector. "IFAs such ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
With growth like this what's a central banker to do? It might have been too easy for the Fed to justify its steady taper as she goes despite the National Accounts showing that real GDP growth slowed to a snail dragging a very heavy object pace - 0.1% ...

Labor to oppose rise in pension age

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has said Labor will not support the government's bill to lift the Age Pension eligibility age to 70. As part of his budget reply speech in parliament yesterday, Shorten accused the government of 'haranguing' Australians ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower after US markets came off record highs. The fall in US shares had driven the Australian market lower, although the federal budget may also be hurting stocks, Lonsec equities research general manager Bill ...

Low income retirees to feel budget pain

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
Pensioners on low incomes will be significantly worse off under the changes announced in Tuesday's budget, according to Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Speaking at ASFA's post-budget briefing ...

Safer sex? Women take less risk than men

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
Overlooking the preferences of the more cautious partner when devising an investment strategy for couples could see planners get a rap from the regulator, risk specialist FinaMetrica has warned. Risk profile data compiled by the financial services firm ...

BT Life targets SMEs with insurance product

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
BT has launched an insurance solution that gives income protection to small businesses owners and key personnel. The BT Key Person Income protects the revenue of small businesses if a key person experiences an injury or illness and cannot work. BT national ...