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Former van Eyk consultants launch new business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
Van Eyk's former consulting Jonathan Ramsay, Jonathan Tolub and Fil Andronaco have launched their new Sydney-based business, InvestSense. The business will provide consulting services to advisers, aiming to assist them "to help their clients better ...

SelectingSuper fund award finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
SelectingSuper has announced the finalists for this year's fund, product and self managed superannuation administrator of the year awards being held in Melbourne on 21 November. The awards are supported by MetLife and span 15 divisions including Fund ...

Active and passive funds are not mutually exclusive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Investors who think in terms of either active or passive are missing out on the benefits that arise from blending the two approaches, according to BlackRock Australia's head of retail Mark Oliver. He argues that active funds are best considered for ...

Fraser and Hewson support ANU's right to divest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
A group of investors and prominent Australians, including former prime minister Malcolm Fraser and former Liberal leader John Hewson, have signed a statement supporting the Australian National University's right to divest from companies. The statement ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The Australian share market is headed for its biggest fall of the year as investors worry about weak global economic growth. The fall of almost two per cent on the Dow Jones overnight was the heaviest for 2014. If the ASX200 sustains its early falls ...

Insurers worried about striking balance between claims and price

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
Life insurers think balancing rising claims with sustainable premiums for members is the greatest challenge that the sector is facing at the moment, an AIA Australia survey has found. Most superannuation fund and insurance companies' execs and employees ...

Expand PLS to all age pensioners: TAI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Pensions Loan Scheme (PLS) for full age pensioners should be extended to all age pensioners who need an easy way to increase their retirement income, said a leading think tank. The Australia Institute (TAI), a progressive think tank based in Canberra ...

ASIC reviews FoFA progress

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms have had little effect on either adviser numbers or the type of financial advice AFS licensees provide, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In its review on the implementation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
After five straight sessions finishing lower, the Australian share market has opened higher on reports of a new Chinese stimulus plan and a rise in commodity prices. Wall Street stocks rallied overnight on reports that the People's Bank of China is ...

Young Australians clueless about life insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
One in five younger Australians knows nothing about his or her life insurance through superannuation, a new report commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has found. Overall the report found 40% of Australians had ...