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Super splitting to go ahead in new year

Couples can now plan their superannuation together, as the Howard Government passed the long awaited splitting superannuation bill through senate on Friday night. The bill is expected to allow contributions made on or after January 1, 2006 to be split ...

TMIC takes on the mortgage insurance duopoly

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The Mortgage Insurance Company (TMIC) is set to enter the mortgage insurance duopoly and challenge the stranglehold of PMI and Genworth. TMIC is a captive insurer of mortgage insurance provider Mobius Financial Services. Yet the firm, which operates ...

Tax page cull the first step: BCA

The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has given the Federal Government a thumbs-up for its decision to slash the number of income tax pages by more than 2,000, but said there is room for more tax reforms. "In one sweep, the number of income tax pages ...

Turn on more channels: TOWER

TOWER Group chief executive officer, Jim Minto, says we need to develop new ways to reach customers because the way they are buying wealth management products is changing fast. "What we are seeing is change in how people buy traditional products," says ...

Poor governance high returns: SBS

A previously unreleased research report by the Sydney Business School has revealed that investing in companies characterised by 'poor governance' may reward investors more than investing in companies with so-called good corporate governance practices. ...

Asteron stand alone on TPD and upgrade policy benefits

Asteron has launched a stand-alone TPD insurance product and upgraded a range of policy benefits at no cost to customers. The new TPD product is designed to give super fund members the option to supplement their super fund based insurances, which are ...

Macquarie pilots life insurance system

Macquarie Adviser Services' pilot project of straight-through processing of life insurance is "well advanced" and has drawn a positive response from the industry. The group's risk platform pilot project is being tested by 12 adviser groups nationally. ...

Mishandled mandate transitions can cost 3 per cent: State Street

The surge in multi-manager portfolios and strategic rebalancing means managing mandate transitions efficiently is more important than ever. Nick Bonn, executive vice president and head of securities trading for State Street's Global Markets group in ...

FOHFs get the nod from van Eyk

van Eyk have released research which prescribes fund of hedge funds (FOHFs) as an attractive risk-return inclusion in portfolios, provided investors are willing to stomach high fees. van Eyk's senior research analyst Dr Jerome Lander said that FOHFs ...

New global dividend yield fund for ING

ING has launched a new global dividend fund aimed at investors wanting more income in the portfolio mix. Ross Barnwell, ING Head of Distribution and Research, says, "the new fund is aimed at investors who want good income streams but with lower market ...