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Solid results for BT Wrap and Westpac

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The BT Wrap/Asgard platform received $1 billion in inflows for the March quarter, while its parent company Westpac reported strong third quarter results with cash earnings of around $1.4 billion. According to the Westpac 2010 August Update and Pillar ...

Hybrid banking account wins $1bn super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Westpac-owned BT Financial Group's experiment three years ago to launch a savings account-and-super product has turned into a billion-dollar success, proving there is a way to get everyday Australians involved with their super. BT Super for Life has ...

AvSuper takes legal action against big fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
Canberra-based super fund AvSuper Pty Ltd (AvSuper) has lodged legal proceedings against Commonwealth Managed Investments Limited (CMIL) and Colonial First State Property Limited (CFSPL) over the meaning of an agreement regarding the super fund's entitlements ...

Govt to ramp up FinLit in national school curriculum

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
A re-elected Gillard Government will invest $10 million into financial literacy curriculum projects, including its integration into the national school curriculum supplemented by teacher training by ASIC. Financial literacy is already well established ...

ACCC chairman withdraws from merger talks

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
The chairman of the ACCC, Graeme Samuel, has stood aside from the regulator's deliberations on the NAB/AXA merger. According to a press statement from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Samuel has recused himself from the merger talks ...

Count posts double digit profits

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
Planning group Count Financial has reported a 24 per cent jump in net profits after tax to $24 million for the year ending 30 June, and it expects its double-digit growth to continue this financial year. In ASX statements released today, Count Financial ...

Govt is longevity insurer of last resort

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
The debate in wealth management over the next few years will center on retirement security, particularly as the Government is the longevity insurer of the last resort, said outgoing ING Australia chief, Harry Stout. Speaking at a Financial Services ...

No super profits tax for banks: Coalition

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
The Australia Institute's call to introduce a super profits tax on banks has been dismissed by the Coalition, which cites such a tax will only burden customers and investors. The Institute's executive director, Richard Denniss, in an ABC interview recently ...

Aussie planners should turn to Asia: Hockey

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
The shadow treasurer, Joe Hockey, urges financial planners in Australia to expand their client base to Asia as the region's wealth continues to escalate. "I think Australian financial advisers are among the very best of the world," he said at an Association ...

Fin centre plans hang in the balance: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
As election day looms, the superannuation minister Chris Bowen has savaged the Opposition's lack of support towards establishing an international finance and regulation centre - arguing it will be detrimental to Australia's plans to become a global ...