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Employees want more reward flexibility

Employees prefer financial rewards or a combination of financial and non-financial rewards over straight non-cash benefits, according to a survey of employees by HR services group Hays. The survey asked 2,300 people what type rewards they would like ...

Coin software signs up Asteron and ANZ

Coin Software has signed major contracts to provide financial planning software to Asteron and ANZ Financial Planning. Under the deal, more than 300 advisers and staff at Asteron and around 330 advisers at ANZ Financial Planning will start using Coin's ...

Westpac flags billion dollar play in residential REIT

Westpac is planning a billion dollar plus shopping spree in domestic residential property and has launched the first residential real estate investment trust (REIT) in Australia. The country's fourth largest bank has beaten St George and Macquarie Bank ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as a positive lead from the US creates a bright sentiment for local investors. However, commodity prices took a breather overnight and that could lead to profit taking on the miners, weighing on ...

Education drives choice: Plum

MLC-owned Plum Financial Services has succeeded where most super funds have failed, spurring more than three-quarters of its 110,000-strong members to exercise choice. The Melbourne-based company is a corporate superannuation specialist with a twist. ...

TOWER to tower after PrefSure merger

Insurance giant TOWER Australia kicks off its merger with PrefSure by re-jigging management, releasing a new product range and, in an ambitious move, rolling out more than 30 changes to its combined insurance suite. TOWER bought PrefSure Holdings early ...

Finsia surges ahead to 20,000 members

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2006
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has surged ahead following its successful merger and plans to now ramp up its efforts to be the definitive representative of financial services professional standards, education and integrity. ...

Seniors Week reminds planners to get in early

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2006
... services, Louise Biti, has urged advisers to step up their retirement advice, well before the age of retirement. "They need to plan well in advance of when they will retire, because they have a lot more flexibility to achieve their goals if they do it ...

Mum and dad investors want a slice of the private equity pie

Private equity was once the domain of institutional investors but a rising number of companies are re-writing the rules by launching private equity funds tailored to retail investors. Macquarie is one of the first off the rank with its unlisted global ...

Money For Living promoters face court on fraud

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
Promoters of the disgraced equity release scheme Money For Living appeared in court on Friday facing numerous charges of fraud. Brothers Stephen O'Neill and Gary O'Neill, were charged after ASIC investigations found they had committed fraud through ...