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Tower, Praemium tackle new frontier

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
Life insurer, Tower Australia, has taken a first step after the proposed FOFA banning of commissions on risk products. The insurance giant has joined with online financial portfolio administrator, Praemium which will give Tower access to its 200 planner ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
The Australian share market lost ground in intra-day trading, which was dominated by defensive plays as investors lost appetite for risk and rotated out of material and energy stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.8 points ...

Cavendish, Super Concepts sign with SMARTwrap

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Cavendish Superannuation and Super Concepts have agreed to be the default administration providers for a SMARTwrap offering for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The two SMSF administration providers have signed a heads of agreement with provider ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from European trading overnight, but the most powerful influence on the day's trade, Wall Street, was closed for Thanksgiving. On the ASX24 at 0701 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract ...

Advice 'opt in' reforms to dictate platform choice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
A yet-to-be-published report obtained by Financial Standard reveals that two in five planners will consider switching to a platform that can help them better administer the government's proposed 'opt in' reforms. Researcher Investment Trends will release ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Prospects are looking up for the Australian market when it opens on Thursday morning, with a late surge on Wall Street ending in a positive finish to the day's trade after earlier losses. Precious metals and oil were higher, too, although base metals ...

SG jump twice as bad as mining tax slug

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The political focus might be on the government's $9 billion super profits tax slug on miners, but employer groups say lifting SG by one third will hit them twice as hard. "The superannuation levy increase is the biggest new taxing measure in the Government ...

Sovereign fund takes shine to platinum

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
Sovereign fund Temasek and European-based pension fund APG are looking to invest more than $50 million each in a South African platinum exploration and development firm. Platmin announced that both parties have expressed an intention to buy over $50 ...

AXA Asia Pac shares on trading halt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
The countdown to the possible new owner of AXA Asia Pacific begins in earnest after the group requested a trading halt on its shares before noon today, ahead of a company announcement and a day before ACCC releases its findings on the AMP proposal. ...

Underinsurance to hit crisis point

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
One in five working Australian families will suffer the death of a parent or a serious health problem over the course of both parent's working lives, according to new research - but how that impacts their finances can depend on their insurance cover. ...