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Medical charges put pressure on retiree living costs

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Significant price rises for medical and hospital services have led to a modest increase in the cost of living for retirees according to the latest Australian Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Retirement Standard figures. The figured for the June ...

Cash love affair continues despite falling rates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Investors are allocating increasing amounts to cash despite falling interest rates, according to research by Investment Trends. Over the past 12 months cash deposits, including term deposits (TDs), have grown by 7%, reaching a total of $1.8 trillion. ...

AFS advisers question payment model

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Former AFS Group advisers are questioning the method through which advisers get paid after a Court ruling has made it unlikely that they will receive the money they are owed by the dealer group. In the financial advice space, dealer groups usually set ...

AFS advisers denied access to brokerage account

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
The Federal Court of Australia has denied access by former Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) advisers to the money in a brokerage account of the group, which would pay for some of the money owed to advisers. The account holds about $1.9 million ...

LM liquidators get boot over conflict of interest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
The Queensland Supreme Court has appointed a new receiver to oversee the winding up of LM Investment Management Limited's (LM) failed First Mortgage Income Fund (FMIF) after it found that its current liquidators had a conflict of interest. The new receiver ...

Provisio launches free online trial for IFAs

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
Small-to-medium enterprises and IFAs will now have access to Provisio Technologies' (Provisio) online scaled advice system via a free online trial. Prior to this the financial advice technology firm's advice tools had been used by major superannuation ...

Centrepoint locks-in CEO with incentive bonus

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
Centrepoint Alliance, the parent company of Professional Investment Services (PIS) dealer group, has approved the issue of up to $1.5 million of fully paid ordinary shares to Centrepoint and PIS managing director John De Zwart as a long term incentive. ...

Sunsuper CEO steps down

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
Sunsuper chief executive has stepped down from his position after six years of service and following discussions over a period of time with the Queensland-based super fund. Tony Lally will now pursue a career as non-executive director and Bruce Wilson ...

India's triple dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... the neighbours'. This is the reason why the Bank of Japan (BOJ) embarked on a gargantuan monetary policy stimulus back in April (although the BOJ says it is targeting the economy, not the yen -and the G20 believed it). This is the reason why South Korea's ...

Financial planners lose out to accountants on SMSFs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
The number of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) using a fully qualified financial planner has declined over the past six years, despite a significant increase in the number of SMSFs, a new report has shown. Much of this potential new business ...