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Super beats term deposits: AMP

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... deposits, according to AMP chief executive, Craig Dunn, urging for greater support for the industry. Speaking at a media conference yesterday, Dunn said that the super industry had outperformed term deposits over the long and short term, despite market ...

...AMP planner numbers on the increase

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... seven months to July based on a net amount of 4,000 advisers," said Craig Dunn, AMP chief executive this morning in a conference. Dunn said AMP is highly aware of the competitive nature of the advice industry but the continued success of the Horizon ...

AFM partners with Indon mngr for Aust expansion

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... for Financial Studies in a keynote address in September and partnering for the Australian Superannuation Investment conference being held by AIST in September. "We look for managers that we think will be committed to the Australian institutional market ...

Trading volatility can protect portfolio from big swings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... notes, Matt Moran, vice president of business development for the CBOE, told the CFA Institute Australia Investment Conference in Sydney that it had been a challenging period for those invested in the developed markets. But lessons from the global financial ...

China demand for Australian resources to fall: JP Morgan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... contend with imbalances in its economy in the medium to long term. Speaking at the CFA Institute Australia Investment Conference in Sydney, Ulrich said the Middle Kingdom may have to live with lower growth rates in the next few years. "If China can maintain ...

ASIC warns CFD providers on margin calls, disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... high-risk products as it released new disclosure benchmarks for providers today. Greg Medcraft, ASIC chairman, told a press conference in Sydney that there was an issue with television ads that target the mass retail market touting CFDs. The contracts ...

SMSFs could use email for SuperStream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... to another. Speaking at the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) State Technical Conference this week, Peter Burgess, SPAA technical director, said the mandated data standards for rollover and employer contributions ...

Social media insurance wanted for share price protection

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... access online. Under discussion at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Sustainable Australia conference on Monday, talk turned to the power of social media and how responsibility a company is for its own social media profile. Peter ...

SMSFs can use tax rule to save thousands conference told

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... the death of the member could save beneficiaries money if they made full use of anti-detriment tax rules, an industry conference heard yesterday. Anti-detriment deductions can in some cases increase rather than decrease death benefits, the Self-Managed ...

ANZ fears regulation could hamper scaled advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... could halt the industry's migration into the world of scaled advice. Speaking at the Financial Services Council (FSC) conference, Barrett spoke of the need for dealership groups to embrace technology but also warned that industry reforms were in danger ...