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Choice of fund onus lies with consumer

Individuals may have 90 per cent of influence over investment outcomes leaving the rest of the of the investment industry as bit players once choice of fund regime comes into effect. Speaking at the ASFA lunch attended by 250 industry practitioners ...

Study finds divorce significantly impacts wealth creation

AMP and the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) have put together a research report revealing divorce has considerable financial consequences on the parties involved, affecting not only disposable income but also longer term wealth ...

Virgin Money to 'shake-up' super

Virgin Money is set to launch a superannuation fund in time for choice of superannuation on July 1, 2005 with a $30 million investment from the Virgin Group. Macquarie Funds Management will manage the fund with Superpartners as the administrator and ...

Zurich revamps its life risk products

Insurance based financial services provider Zurich Financial Services Australia has enhanced the life risk product range it has on offer. The fine tuning carried out by Zurich means the product range now includes an 'Agreed Value endorsement' on income ...

Choice of super advice to be evaluated

ASIC has announced it will undertake a nation wide shadow shopping survey to assess the quality of advice being given to consumers as they prepare for their strategies under the choice of superannuation legislation to be introduced on 1 July 2005. The ...

Select Managed Funds makes quiet debut on ASX

Wealth management group Select Managed Funds Ltd made a conservative entry on to the Australian Stock Exchange yesterday first trading at $4.20 - a premium to its $4.00 issue price - before easing back to close at $3.99. Select has around $6.9 billion ...

Australian Unity offer new property fund to retail and wholesale investors

Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has pushed its property management credentials further with the release of wholesale and retail versions of a geared property income funds, following the recent release of a high yield mortgage trust. The fund will ...

ASIC moves to protect investors in high-yield scheme

The Supreme Court of Queensland has granted interlocutory orders preventing Shane Hoy from making statements about a high-yield investment scheme. The orders follow allegations from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that the ...

Eight year gaol sentence for former financial adviser

The District Court of New South Wales has sentenced John Higgins to eight years gaol with a non-parole of five years after the former financial adviser was found to have misappropriated over $1.7 million of clients' funds. Higgins pleaded guilty in ...

HIP adjusts its manager line-up

Health Industry Plan (HIP) superannuation fund has amended its manager line-ups with State Street taking over from Barclays Global Investors (BGI) in HIP's Australian equities portfolio, and a combination of Capital International and Bank of Ireland ...