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Fin planning jobs fall 60pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
Financial planners coming to the market today will struggle to find a job after a new survey found the number of job advertisements fell by 60 per cent in the past 12 months. Trevor Punnett, eJobs Recruitment Specialists financial planning division ...

Baby boomers hang on to investments

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
Baby Boomers may be sitting tight with their investment strategies, but many are arming themselves with education and taking a more prudent investment approach in a bid to ride out the GFC, new research shows. The latest Retire Ready survey from Commonwealth ...

Aon welcomes insurance transfers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... loading. The former cover will have to be cancelled, and the insurer accepts the transfer application. The members' corporate plan must also be insured by AIG Life. "Having your insurance in one place can help you save on the premiums you pay - thanks ...

CGT roll-over relief for super mergers

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
The Federal Government is expanding the optional capital gains tax (CGT) roll-over for capital losses for mergers of complying superannuation funds. Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, last week announced that the optional ...

Clouds still far away

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
Companies across Australia including wealth management firms are far from adopting cloud systems to boost their technology. According to a new survey from Avanade Australia, around 80 per cent of Australian companies are not using cloud-computing systems ...

Budget me a recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... back in balance. In 2009, US President Barack Obama promised to halve the deficit by the end of his first term. Part of his plan to do this? Raise income taxes on those earning US$250,000 and above. The UK will do the same - raise taxes for those earning ...

Macquarie funds down, cash up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
Macquarie Group has posted a 52 per cent fall in full year profits to $871 million with key investment divisions all reporting a fall in revenues due to the global financial crisis - but the silver lining was the growth of its retail financial services ...

FPA recommends fee-for-service advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
In a day that marks a new chapter in the financial services sector, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has recommended to the government that the standard remuneration model for advice should be fee-for-service, citing that the "commission-based ...

MLC improves Business Super insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... have risen. MLC also recently started to include individual MLC pension balances in the calculation of an employer's large plan rebate, which means the pooled funds of all members create a higher rebate from the firm. Financial advisers have also been ...

Ipac buying spree continues

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
Ipac Securities is eyeing the Cairns, Canberra, Gold Coast and South Australian markets for their next acquisitions as the dealer group focuses on buying financial planning businesses specialising in retirees. Ipac Securities, which has $2.1 billion ...