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Housing and super can work together: Max Super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
... should look to our New Zealand cousins for the solution to motivating people to build retirement wealth," said Andrew Barlow, max Super's chief executive. The NZ plan is extremely visionary in recognising that home ownership underpins any retirement ...

Bravura storms into the UK big league

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006

Taxman fee for DIY funds trebles

The amount that self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors will have to pay the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will treble from $45 to $150 as part of the government's proposed superannuation reforms, effective 1 July 2007. The 'supervisory levy' increase ...

DSTi scoops major software deal

Funds management software DST International (DSTi) has won a major contract after one of Saudi Arabia's largest banks, Riyad Bank, signed up for their integrated software solutions. The group said that Riyad Bank will be rolling out DSTi's end-to-end ...

RetireInvest to focus on aged care

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
RetireInvest is deepening its presence in the aged care advice space, forming alliances to offer financial advice to prospective aged care residents. An alliance with Mackenzie Aged Care Group will see their potential residents being offered financial ...

Macq talks up its quiet achiever in geared property

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
Macquarie is trumpeting the virtues of one of its lesser known but high performing geared property funds this week, citing outperformance of 7.1 per cent and a focus on high levels of income as reasons to take a second look at the fund after three years ...

Aussies spend $8.7bn on celebrity makeover

... like their movie idols. The latest Virgin Money Celebrity Spending Survey has revealed that two in three young Aussie women max out their credit cards to spend on clothes, hair styles and beauty treatments popularised by the rich and famous, such as ...

Max Super to go max Direct with investment funds

Incumbent financial services providers will face a new threat early next year when online super fund max Super launches its own branded investment funds, to be called max Direct. Co-founder and chief executive of max Super, Andrew Barlow, said the group ...

A man is not a financial plan: MASU

A small financial services outfit, MASU group, is leading the charge in providing women with education on matters close to the heart and the hip pocket. The three-legged company - with a national network of financial planners, accountants and legal ...

Design menus to encourage proper choices: MLC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
Consumers thrive on having choice, but the way this plays out when choosing investments can be self-destructive if the choice arrangements are poorly designed. Gareth Abley, senior asset consultant, and Leon Tisdell, asset consultant, both with MLC ...