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First SG raise costs no more than a cuppa

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
Employers should not panic about the business costs of the move towards 12 per cent super, with the first rise to cost no more than a cup of coffee a week, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Businesses and employment ...

AFA unveils chartered fin practitioners

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers has named its first eight Fellows of Chartered Financial Practitioners (FChFP), an accreditation program that works like a 'mini-MBA' for advisers. In a press statement released this morning, the AFA announced AFA ...

Planners cycle for charity

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
Two of the founding trustees of financial planning foundation, Future2, will cycle 1,250km from Bourke to Sydney to raise money for disadvantaged young Australians. The inaugural BT Future2 Wheel Classic is an initiative of Ray Griffin and Peter Bobbin ...

US fin reforms win pension fund support

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
The biggest pension fund in the US, CalPERS, has applauded President Barack Obama's new federal financial reform law that holds credit rating agencies more accountable for their ratings and imposes tougher requirements on hedge funds. The $233 billion-plus ...

Aussies head to Britain for investments

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... involved related corporate entities including C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. and Starr International Co., Inc. According to the press release, AIG engaged in accounting fraud, culminating in a $3.9 billion restatement in May 2005 that included numerous different ...

Finance lends hand to Operation Smile

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
ANZ, AMP Capital, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, UBS and Westpac were among the local financial services providers that supported the launch of Operation Smile Australia, a charity that helps children from developing countries who suffer from facial ...

Coding error review prompts sell rating

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... when we were first informed of the coding error and the board's decision to conduct a full review," noted an S&P press release. As a result of the review, Rosenberg has resigned from the group and Mead will step down as head of research. Over the coming ...

Bennelong adds to BDM team

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
Bennelong Funds Management (BFM) has appointed two new business development managers to help with its retail push. Adam Tweedale, who previously worked at Vanguard and Macquarie Bank, will be the BDM Southern Region while Tim Bolger, formerly NSW State ...

HOSTPLUS and ME Bank open shop

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
HOSTPLUS and ME Bank have opened a full service retail outlet on the Gold Coast, marking the super fund and the bank's foray into providing traditional banking services - but with superannuation advice available, too, if their customers request it. ...