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Fin services firms support bushfire appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
St.George and Westpac are offering financial assistance to their banking customers affected by the bushfire in Victoria and, together with AMP and AXA, have donated at least $2.1 million to help those worst affected by the disaster. St.George Bank ...

FPA stops "highly offensive" ads

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has obtained a Federal Court injunction stopping Bannister Mansfield Financial Services and the firm's director from publishing ads featuring the FPA. The FPA's solicitors asked Bannister Mansfield Financial ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
In a weekend interview on ABC Television, US National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers said "We'll see what happens" and "We'll do what's necessary." This is one of the reasons why I've turned. For once, I believe the powers that be. There ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... approved by Congress. Worse than expected employment figures were seen as added pressure on Congress to approve the stimulus plan, now expected to be worth at least $US780 billion ($A1.19 trillion). In New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained ...

Corporate super adjusts to crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Corporate master trusts are going back to the negotiating table to cater for clients that have suffered large-scale redundancies due to the market downturn. Greg Healy, AMP's director of corporate superannuation, said that there have been cases where ...

SA and QLD scoop Hillross awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... Hallerwealth had worked hard to keep its clients informed over the past year. Meanwhile, Nistico established the Community Super Plan in Port Augusta which allows a small proportion of fees and charges received in the fund to be donated to local youth ...

Options for retiring SMSF trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
A growing number of self managed super funds (SMSFs) could soon convert into Small APRA Funds (SAFs) in tandem with longevity issues facing SMSF trustees. Michael Hutton, head of wealth management at accountants and advisers HLB Mann Judd Sydney, says ...

Small businesses to get two-year SG relief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... the Coalition could not clarify what the cost of the proposal would be because the Labor government would not discuss the plan or provide any figures. "We've asked the government to talk to us about this idea but unfortunately, they won't do that. They ...

SuperCentral hires Negline

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
SuperCentral has hired Tony Negline as a consultant to promote the firm's online self managed super fund (SMSF) trust deed update service. Negline previously worked at ING Australia and opened his own consultancy business in 2001. He will promote SuperCentral ...

ASIC blocks $2m Storm bonus

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained a court order preventing a payment of $2 million from Storm Financial to a bank account in which is held by Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis. The sum was transferred from a Storm ...