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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 ...

First State Super plugs in with mobile app

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
First State Super has launched an iPhone app that allows its 530,000 members to monitor their super anytime. The super fund developed a customised mobile version of its website that allows members to check daily unit and pension prices, seminar dates ...

Count buys stakes in Victorian and NSW practices

PRESS RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Count Financial subsidiary, Countplus, has bought stakes in two more businesses for just under $1 million in cash and shares. Countplus bought a 25 per cent share in Melbourne-based Kidmans Partners, an accounting and financial services firm with a ...

SG lift costs super $700bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
The superannuation funds industry's celebrations over winning their battle for more SG would be more subdued if they factored in how the Henry Review's original tax reform proposals would have added an extra $700 billion to their coffers, reveals new ...

BRW Rich 200 lists fin services best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
Platinum's Kerr Neilson, ex-Macquarie chief Allan Moss and Maple-Brown Abbott co-founder Robert Maple-Brown led the charge of financial services execs who made it to this year's BRW Rich 200. Platinum manages more than $17 billion in client funds spread ...

Qantas Super slows funding plan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Qantas Super is easing the flow of funds into its $66 million additional funding plan as markets bounce back and the fund's financial position improves. Qantas Super's funding plan was established last April to boost the coffers of its defined benefit ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
"Three coins in a fountain... which one will the fountain bless?" ( Frank Sinatra) It was a down day again on Wall Street overnight. It followed an up day that trailed a down day. Chances are, other markets would follow suit. But under current circumstances ...

UK advisers allocate to cautious investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
Nearly a third of net sales on one of the UK's biggest investment platforms have gone to cautious managed investments, according to new research. Sales figures from Cofunds found cautious managed investment strategies continue to dominate the sales ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on Wednesday on positive leads from Wall Street, although oil and precious metals fell again in overnight trade. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0737 AEST, the June share price index contract ...

Van Eyk travelling quite well: Thomas

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Van Eyk didn't make a lot of money last year but it is publishing more research and refusing to budge on how it charges for ratings, said Mark Thomas, managing director at the firm. Speaking at van Eyk's 7th Annual Conference, Thomas said although van ...