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New tool launched to gear SMSFs into property

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Self-managed super administration provider Multiport has launched a new package to help SMSF trustees gear property into SMSFs and invited financial planners to a roundtable discussion debating the merits of property in super. At the luncheon in Sydney ...

Investor eyes fixing on fixed interest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
Demand for investments that deliver stable reliable income streams will push demand for inflation linked bonds, said a fixed interest manager trying to cash in on the sector. Omega Global Investors, a boutique manager part owned by the Macquarie group ...

Earnings up but jobs cut at State Street

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
Institutional financial services firm State Street today announced a second quarter increase in earnings but that was not enough to save jobs with a further 850 positions to be cut. The global job cuts come as part of an "IT Transformation" program ...

Older people seek more financial advice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
Wealthy older men are the biggest consumers of financial advice and are far more likely to use a planner than those under age 34, or women, latest figures show. The Superannuation and Wealth Management in Australia report, released last week by Roy ...

Super fund director taken to court for fees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
An industry superannuation fund director and union boss is being taken to court for the board fees he earned, by another state secretary of his union. Dean Mighell, Victorian secretary of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), lodged a statement of claim ...

AMP scales advice for affordability

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
AMP has announced a new scalable advice model aimed at creating an affordable product to attract investors who would normally bypass advisers. The My Money Choices model was developed in consultation with financial planners, customers and the Australian ...

Cost of living outpacing retirement incomes

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
Retirement incomes need to grow by $600 per year to comfortably keep pace with rising costs of living, new figures have confirmed. Costs climbed by 1.3% in the March quarter this year from the December quarter 2010, according to the Association of Super ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... unemployment benefits fell to a three-month low last week, a sign that companies are laying off fewer workers. At 405,000, the figure is still above the 375,000 that signals healthy job growth. In a separate report, the government also said an increase ...

Govt invites input on move to halve tax on savings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Financial advisers, superannuation funds and funds managers have the chance to comment on the Federal Government proposal to halve taxes on interest income. Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten has released a discussion paper outlining the move ...

Knights in shining armour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
"Just like a knight in shining armor From a long time ago Just in time I will save the day..." Peter Cetera - Glory of Love This tune played in my head when Beijing announced the country's June quarter economic scorecard yesterday - and boy oh boy ...