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Super rules for women still unclear

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
A federal parliament bill aiming to clear uncertainty around employers paying female staff more superannuation does not have support from the current government, Fairfax Media reports. In 2014 the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) ...

AMP winds up property fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
AMP Capital has completed its wind up of the AMP Capital Property Income Fund with the sale of the Yass Highway Service Centre for around $23 million. At its peak the fund, which had a 10-year fixed term, owned 42 properties throughout Australia. In ...

Age Pension under the spotlight in tonight's budget

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The 2015 Budget is expected to focus largely on Age Pension reforms that will likely require changes in the approach that the superannuation industry, financial advisers and professional investors take to design retirement strategies. Prior to the release ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... the $US3.94 per share projected by analysts. LONDON - Europe's stock markets have lost ground as Greece failed to make progress in talks with its eurozone partners and concerns mounted about the potential for a default. Nevertheless shortly before markets ...

Barrett in buyout mode, acquires CBA firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Former ANZ advice director Paul Barrett has acquired Commonwealth Bank-owned Eureka Whittaker Macnaught through his financial planning business AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA). This is the group's first acquisition, but Barrett confirmed that it ...

Banking and super groups back parliamentary recommendations

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... contribute funding to support the establishment and initial operating expenses of a new independent body to allow quick progress. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has supported individual advisers being required to be members of ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... was down 50 points at 5,754. US stocks tumbled overnight on worries about higher oil prices and tensions over the slow progress in the Greek debt negotiations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.79 per cent, while the broad-based S&P 500 1.18 ...

Australians wary of new investments: Legg Mason

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... US with people working with an adviser, you can see a direct correlation of how they feel about whether they're making progress or not," he said.

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... Milan climbing 1.62 per cent. The naming of a new team to negotiate with Greece's EU-IMF creditors showed some "solid progress" and with the role of Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis in the talks reportedly relegated "the interpretation of this ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... according to Labor Department data. Equity markets in Britain, France and Germany fell sharply on concerns about slow progress in bailout negotiations between Greece and international creditors. International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde played ...