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GDP down no reason to frown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
It's all over the news, the Statistician will soon confirm that the Australian economy stumbled in the first quarter of 2011. All eyes would be glued to monitors everywhere when the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on the National Accounts ...

Telstra Super slash fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
Telstra Super to cut retail member fees by two-thirds in the new financial year as the fund continues its campaign to broaden member benefits. Starting from July 1 this year, Telstra Super Personal Plus members administration fees will be cut from 0.6 ...

Telstra Super launches retirement campaign

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Telstra Super has stepped up its online education campaign, launching a raft of new products for members, including its 'Road to Retirement' tool. The animated Road to Retirement feature takes users on a journey, outlining what steps they will need ...

Chapel Road appeal forces ASIC to show the goods

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
A decade on, the Chapel Road v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) battle rages on, with the NSW Supreme Court ordering ASIC to hand over documents relating to the investigation. Back in 2001 Chapel Road's AFSL was revoked when ASIC ...

Planners wrapped with super app

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
Financial planners are responding in force to a free superannuation and retirement app available at itunes, with the promise of more features to come. The "working retirement calculator" app, developed by Rice Warner, is part of a suite of superannuation ...

Planners hungry for geared investments - Westpac

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Financial advisers are stepping up their interest in gearing linked products, according to Westpac, which recently completed an investor road show across Australia. The roadshow attracted over 700 advisers, as well as some of their clients, with high ...

UniSuper to shed mandates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Higher education superannuation fund UniSuper has topped the league tables for holding the most mandates in 2010 according to Rainmaker's latest Mandate Chaser report. But that is a bad thing, said John Pearce, chief investment officer of UniSuper ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Indicators are strong for the last day of local trading before the five-day Easter break, with robust, positive leads from trading offshore overnight in securities and commodities. At 0715 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
"When I find myself in times of trouble... Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be." - The Beatles Nice song, sound advice but not, it seems, if the French can help it. The International Monetary and Financial ...

Rising star wins chair position

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Wealth Enhancers' Sarah Riegelhuth has been appointed chair of the Association of Financial Advisers GenXt committee, a leadership role that connects experienced, older advisers to those new to the profession. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the ...