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FSC launches life commission claw-back

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... briefing at the FSC conference this morning. "This framework has changed substantially from the original proposal released in March following four months of consultation with our life insurance and financial advice network members." Despite the consultation ...

Super fund returns almost flat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... 1, 3, 5 and 10 years -- fell. The sensitivity in returns is shown by how three year returns have fallen from near 9% in March to 6.4% in May. Not-for-profit funds achieved median 12 month returns of nil and corporate master trusts -1.7%, resulting in ...

NSW govt run annuity targets platforms

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... investors in Australia the opportunity to buy an annuity style inflation protected debt instrument. The product was launched in March, however, NSW Treasury Corporation spokesperson Tim Hext said raising awareness of the product was "to be honest, going ...

Mariner launches Austock takeover bid

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... now that the broking business has been sold." Austock sold its struggling securities business to Intersuisse Holdings in March this year, which then rebadged the company as Octa Philip. Austock's business units now include Austock Services, Austock Property ...

Philanthropy needs simpler support: Perpetual Private

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... of private philanthropy is topical, with Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne using his budget speech in March to argue tax breaks to wealthy donors were overly generous and unfair. Osborne's argument is the cost of the exemption is borne ...

Provident Capital reaffirms solvency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... monthly income fund." The withdrawal followed a downgrade of the fund in April after the half-yearly report released in March showed the Company recorded a loss of $9.1 million for the first six months to December 2011, driven by impairment expenses ...

Schroders restores Aus equities team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... Schroders has appointed two analysts to the Australian equities team, taking the team back to 13 following departures in March. The new appointments, David Heard and Ray David, were made in response to Kent Jensen and Alex Mears leaving the firm in late ...

Former AFA president mourned

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... drugs, including experimental. He also lived what he spoke. At a final presentation to Gold Financial advisers in Adelaide in March this year, for his great friend and fellow AFA Life Member, Bernie Toohey, Mr Murphy said, "I haven't spent the last six ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... businesses hired only 69,000 workers, almost half the 150,000 predicted by the experts. What's more, 49,000 jobs disappeared in March and April after revisions. The unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2% from 8.1%. OMG! Thus, it's hardly surprising that ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... all - the GFC. Despite being seemingly whipsawed in 2010 and 2011 and so far this year, those who purchased the bottom in March 2009 remain 93.7% richer, than you very mucho! Speaking of which, investors will again need to call on their steel nerve reserves ...