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CBA takes private banking upmarket

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2006
... he said. Tate said the business had tended to become "all things to all people" and, in addition to reviewing the business plan, he was looking at tightening the criteria for customer entry. There are no fixed entry criteria at the moment. "Ralph Norris ...

Snowball acquisitions feeding bottom line

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2006
Snowball Group has reported an after tax profit of over $1.7 million for the June 2006 year, with earnings per share increasing 150 per cent from $1.20 to $3.00 on the back of a continuing acquisitions strategy. The results were fed by strong revenue ...

Expats lose out on super

Foreigners with sizeable superannuation savings who plan to work or migrate to Australia will be disadvantaged under the new super laws and could be forced to keep their savings offshore or face higher local tax rates. Under existing rules relating ...

Space-Time Research attracts VCs

... word-of-mouth, a lot of shoe leather and perspiration," said Warren Richter, the group's chief executive. Richter said they plan to use the $6 million cash injection to expand the business and develop their flagship SuperSTAR software. "We have a lot ...

BT throws gearing into the wrap mix

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
... development, Jeroen Buwalda, said that the BT Geared Wrap was all about making gearing easy to incorporate into an investment plan. "As more investors use gearing to grow their investment portfolio, so too does the importance of having an effective and ...

Age and marriage trigger retirement planning: AXA

... children's financial needs as a first priority and many look to their house or their property investment as their 'retirement plan'. But financial services providers take note. Single women and single men aged 40 to 55 years suggested they wanted retirement ...

SMSFs most flexible option post Budget: Mariner

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
Mariner Financial believes that recent Budget changes mean the most flexible way individuals can top up their super over time is through a self-managed super fund (SMSF). Because of the newly introduced cap on undeducted contributions of $150,000 per ...

Forget industry funds, focus on advice: AFA

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has implored the advice community to forget any factional fighting with industry funds and put the value of advice squarely back into the spotlight. AFA chief executive officer, Richard Kilipin, said the financial ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
Signs of a possible slowing in business investment were revealed yesterday when the ABS released data on private sector capital expenditure, which showed an increase of only 1.1 per cent over the June quarter. The annual growth in business investment ...

Industry funds warn on master trust switching

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... $26.80 for every dollar of fees while master trusts returned just $7.40. In the workplace super space, where the employer plan size is greater than $10m, Rainmaker research revealed that industry super funds delivered $19.70 for every dollar of fees ...