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UniSuper expands advice as member demand rises

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
UniSuper plans to expand its financial planning service next year after better-than-expected demand, with thousands of members using it to get general advice while around 700 requested tailored financial plans. UniSuper Advice, launched last December ...

Lift NZ retirement age to 67

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
The New Zealand Retirement Commissioner has recommended an increase in the country's retirement age to 67 but the proposal has been rejected by Prime Minister John Key. The recommendation was made in the three-yearly Retirement Income Policy Review ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon, boosted by miners following a solid overnight session for metals prices. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22.7 points, or 0.48 per cent, at 4,711.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

CFD newcomer backs tighter ASIC rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
Capital CFDs tackles Australia's contracts-for-difference (CFD) market despite ASIC tightening its regulations. Australia's CFD market, reportedly the second largest globally, was hit hard during the GFC with many investors exposed to the drawbacks ...

Green light for global equities surge: Bell Potter

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
Using history as his guide, Bell Potter's Peter Quinton says global equities could rise by more than 60 per cent over the next three years - and if his prediction proves accurate, it could mean that new highs for markets are on the horizon. After studying ...

New M&A expert in town, hires BT chief

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
US-based Berkshire Capital, which provides merger and acquisition services to investment and wealth management firms, has landed in Sydney - and appointed former BT chief executive Ian Martin as vice chairman, Asia Pacific. Berkshire Capital - not associated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
The Australian market is expected to open slightly higher after receiving subdued leads from offshore trading. On the ASX 24 at 0626 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was nine points higher at 4,708. In economics news on Tuesday ...

Aviiid prepares to launch fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
Aviiid Third-age Living has appointed Pillar and Australian Unity director Eve Crestani as chairman and expanded its executive team, ahead of the launch of a new fund early next year. Aviiid, an investment funds and superannuation manager, invests in ...

Citi sees ASX200 at 5300 in 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
The forecasts continue to roll in, with Citigroup Global Markets putting a 5,300 year-end target on the ASX200 for next year. Citigroup's analysts expect the mining boom to continue next year and, with limited spare capacity in the economy, they expect ...

VicSuper wins sustainability award

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
VicSuper has received the Best Sustainability Report 2010 for the second consecutive year. The super fund, of which only a small number submit a sustainability report, showed good integration of sustainability into the organisation's business practices ...