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More info on super, please

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... could be done to explain super in plain English. "We still have some work to do to reduce the amount of super jargon and technical terminology we use - we promise to use plainer language and clearer explanations as much as we can from now on," noted ...

UniSuper appoints key advice execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... UniSuper from Australian Unity Personal Finance Services where he worked as head of operations and was responsible for technical, advisory and compliance support in the network. He has also worked as head of legal and compliance at Australian Unity and ...

MLC appoints head of platform sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... QSuper and CBA. McCouaig has experience in business development, platform sales, self managed superannuation as well as technical support, training and transition management. McCouaig started yesterday on Monday 31 August.

Paraplanners left out of planning reforms, for now

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... that may extend to the role of paraplanning. Paraplanners don't necessarily face clients, although they do provide very technical support, so it would depend on a number of things," he said. "It would be unfortunate to require paraplanners to meet with ...

The perfect hedge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... housing and retail spending are improving in Australia. So much so that the likelihood that Australia will experience a "technical" recession is as much as Peter Costello becoming Premier - it could still happen but not this time, thank you. And in the ...

SMSF intl equities allocation halves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... back, in addition there has also been a decline in asset values, so there's a multiplier effect," said Philip LaGreca, technical services director at Multiport. He said appetite for international direct shares is low because of the added currency risk ...

ANZIIF names new committee members

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... Solutions; Tiina Takolander assistant vice president at Credit Suisse Private Banking and Michael Davies, director of technical assessing and education director at AICLA all joined the Institute Academic Council. The council assists the institute's education ...

LPTs recover and show value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... number of these trusts that they will not be able to rollover their debt," he said. "A number of them are already in technical breach in terms of their loan to value ratios. If it wasn't for the banking sector being as generous as it is, technically ...

SMSF trustee group closes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... least half of the SMSMA members," said Eason. SMSMA was officially launched in April last year to provide education and technical resources as well as advocacy for SMSF trustees. Bishell and Bill Banks, former SMSMA chair, could not be contacted.

Investors shift more money outside super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... investments outside of super to fund their retirement, said Centric Wealth advisers. According to Anne-Marie Esler, technical services manager at Centric Wealth which has $4.9 billion in funds under advice, the upcoming Henry Review, Cooper Review, changes ...