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Remove adviser double tax: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
Self-employed financial advisers licensed through a dealer group risk being taxed twice under the current state payroll tax, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) told delegates at its annual conference in Cairns. The AFA will lobby for an exemption ...

AMP University Challenge winners revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
A team from Griffith University in Queensland has won the AMP University Challenge, a national financial planning competition for university students who want to find out more about being a financial planner. The event was held in Sydney and attracted ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher following overnight gains on Wall St where the US Federal Reserve hinted it would not raise interest rates. Steady interest rates have a negative effect on the US dollar and bond yields, and increase the ...

PROFILE: UniSuper CEO Kevin O'Sullivan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
In July 2013 Kevin O'Sullivan became chief executive of one of Australia's largest superannuation funds, UniSuper. Just over a year on, he catches up with James Fernyhough to talk retirement income, the value of asset consultants, and the future of ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains of more than one per cent on Wall Street. At 0645 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 51 points at 5,276. Locally, in economic news on Thursday, the ...

QIC takes stake in East West Link PPP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
QIC has become a major investor in the East West Link Stage 1 ("EWL") public-private partnership (PPP) toll road and tunnel project in Melbourne, after a consortium led by Capella Capital won the bid. Other members of the consortium included British ...

Super funds launch mental-illness claims benchmark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
Industry fund-sponsored organisation SuperFriend has today released detailed quantitative research on mental illness-related claims through group insurance, a project it has called the Super Mental Illness National Data (SuperMIND) Project. The research ...

BOQ reaches $17 million settlement with Storm victims

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Bank of Queensland (BOQ) will pay $17 million to customers who were victims of Storm Financial as part of the legal proceedings of a class action brought against the bank. The net impact after tax to BOQ will be of $22.1 million, which includes all ...

LGsuper appoints chair to the board

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
LGsuper has appointed a chair to the board of directors to replace current independent director and chairman Brian Roebig, who is retiring after 19 years at the helm. LGsuper independent director Bronwyn Morris will take over the role. Morris' background ...

CBRE promotes two senior execs to head retail investments team

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
CBRE has promoted Peter Rossi and Craig O'Donnell to jointly head the firm's Australian retail investments team. Rossi and O'Donnell each have more than 25 years' experience in the retail property sector in senior agency and institutional roles. Between ...