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Thirst for financial literacy on view

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
More than 250,000 people have gone to the Government's MoneySmart financial literacy website since it was launched in March, showing a strong appetite among consumers for more information about their money, the Federal Government said today. It features ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
By the looks of it all, Harold Camping - the real prophet of doom - stood a better chance predicting a stock market crash this week than "Judgement Day" at 6PM (US time) on 21 May 2011. But you would have done well by your investments if you believed ...

Free advice sparks Financial Planning Week

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Financial Planning Week kicks off today with six weeks of free online financial advice for consumers organised by the Financial Planning Association. The free advice is designed to give people a taste of what they could enjoy if they took the step of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Tuesday, following falls on Wall Street in both commodities and equities. On the ASX 24 at 0735 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 16 points lower at 4,653. In economics news on Tuesday ...

Advisers launch FOFA attack

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Now the Budget is over financial adviser groups have come out swinging over the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, rallying members to pressure the Government to scrap their most hated measures. The two key points adviser groups want scrapped ...

Budget tweak to SMSF rules

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Self-managed super fund trustees can relax after the Budget brought no great changes other than a $30 increase in levies and a curiously helpful legislative tweak, an industry expert said today. Self-managed fund expert Tim Miller, head of technical ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
The Australian share market was firmly in the red at noon as resources stocks fell following a drop in commodity prices and a weak lead from Wall Street. At 1202 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 71.2 points, or 1.49 per cent, at 4,709 points ...

Budget 2011: Advisers granted budget wish

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Financial advisers have been granted at least one wish in this year's budget. From July 1 those who breach the concessional contributions cap by up to $10,000 have been given the option to withdraw the excess funds to avoid penalty tax rates. The concession ...

Budget 2011: "Benign" Budget a relief for finance sector

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Extended relief for compulsory pension fund draw-downs, encouragement for super funds to invest in infrastructure and a reiteration of the promise to increase the super guarantee to 12 per cent were functions of a budget that commentators labeled bland. ...

Budget 2011: CGT tax to restrict super trading

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
The government has moved to prevent superannuation funds, including SMSFs, from aggressively trading shares by making any resulting gains and losses subject to capital gains tax. The removal of the exception for super funds trading stocks, primarily ...