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Challenger stages lifetime annuities comeback

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
Lifetime annuities could be staging a dramatic comeback with Challenger targeting sales of $240 million in the 2013 financial year. According to figures from Plan For Life, the industry has not seen demand of that size since 2004, when the top six companies ...

Government to table concessional contributions bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The government is expected to introduce legislation to ease penalties on excess concessional contributions into Parliament today. If amended, the Tax Laws Amendment Bill 2013 and Superannuation Imposition Bill 2013 will allow Australians to withdraw ...

Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
It's now or never. Last chance to place your bets - check, raise or fold - before Big Ben Bernanke shows his hands. Gauging from Wall Street's back-to-back gains over the first two trading days of this week, it appears that the money is on Big Ben revealing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... Tuesday kicked off a two-day meeting that will culminate in a Wednesday policy statement and news conference with chairman Ben Bernanke. Investors in recent weeks have speculated the Fed would soon taper its $US85 billion ($A89.44 billion)-a-month bond-buying ...

Aust(Q) merger with AustralianSuper 'in members' interest'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
The small Queensland-based industry super fund AUST(Q) Super has announced an 'in principle' merger with industry giant AustralianSuper, set to take place later this year following due diligence processes. AUST(Q) Super chair Bob Henricks said the merger ...

AIA extends IP insurance to target baby boomers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Life insurance company AIA Australia has extended its Income Protection benefit to include workers up to the age of 70, as baby boomers work beyond the traditional retirement age. AIA will also include true level premiums to age 70 for life cover, TPD ...

Customised portfolios ease FoFA burden

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Customised multi-asset portfolios regulated under unit trust schemes can help advisers comply with the new FoFA regime coming into force on 1 July. Select Asset Management (Select) has urged Australian financial advice firms to review the underlying ...

Industry "disappointed" at PJC recommendation

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
The financial services industry has expressed disappointment over the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC), which yesterday recommended the Parliament not to amend the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) bill. The PJC on Corporations and Financial ...

AustralianSuper to merge with AUST (Q) Super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Industry giant AustralianSuper and Queensland-based AUST(Q) Super have announced an 'in principle' merger, set to take place later this year following due diligence processes. The merger will give AUST(Q) Super access to AustralianSuper's lower costs ...

Ben's all that matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... in English...but nothing else matters for financial market players and practitioners today, tomorrow and the day after but Ben. He's sexy and he knows it. Financial markets will hang on every word that comes out of his mouth on Wednesday (their time). ...