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Super groups call for women Senate review

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
Superannuation representative groups have backed calls by federal Greens MP Adam Bandt for a Senate inquiry looking at the problem of women's retirement savings. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia believes ...

HESTA manager to study women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
Australia's superannuation system is somewhat designed to reward people who enjoy unbroken careers, affecting many working women, and prompting an industry representative to conduct research on the issue. HESTA general manager business development ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... 0.2 per cent on news that chief executive Rupert Murdoch plans to step down and hand the job to his son James, with James' elder brother Lachlan becoming executive chairman. Dow member Nike advanced 0.5 per cent after announcing an eight-year deal to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
The big banks and BHP Billiton have dragged the share market lower. Investors are being cautious around high yield stocks including the big four banks, Telstra and supermarket owners Wesfarmers and Woolworths, Bell Direct equities analyst Julia Lee ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set for a fairly flat open to the week after a weak lead from Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up two points at 5,749. On Friday, the S&P 500 in the US edged higher to a new record in ...

Government explains Challenger annuity mix-up

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Department of Social Services (DSS) has given its reasons for changing the way it assesses Challenger's Care Annuity, saying it had mistakenly been assessing it on the grounds that investors in the annuity could not get their capital back. However ...

Challenger Care Annuity sales suspended

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
Challenger has suspended sales of its Care Annuity product and will pursue legal avenues after the government announced it would reassess the social security treatment of investors in the annuity. The Department of Social Services (DSS) informed Challenger ...

Brisbane adviser pleads guilty to $9 million fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
A Brisbane-based financial adviser has pleaded guilty to 54 charges involving a $9 million fraud. Thanh Quoc Tu was permanently banned from financial services in July 2014 and the charges he now faces could carry a maximum penalty of up to 12 years ...

Prosecution drops charges against Storm adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn its charge against former Storm Financial adviser Walter John Fullerton-Smith, following the death of a key witness. Fullerton-Smith faced a charge of making a false or misleading statement ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street finished mainly slightly higher. At 0815 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 5,475. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.1 per cent ...