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Groups must earn planner loyalty: brandmanagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
If dealer groups thought winning business from investors was hard, it can be almost as tough winning support just from your own planners. Financial services market intelligence and research consultancy brandmanagement said groups have to work hard to ...

Active managers still outperforming index: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
Navigator's most recent Australian equity sector review revealed that most active managers continue to outperform index managers, with those focusing on small caps and growth style investing getting the lion's share of returns. While Navigator's research ...

BankWest supports young savers with high interest rate

BankWest is giving children more reason to accumulate wealth with a savings account that offers an eye catching monthly bonus interest rate of 10 per cent per annum. The HBOS-owned group claims the recently launched 'Kids' Bonus Saver' account beats ...

Fiducian adds advisers SMSF course

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2006
In a bid to boost their financial planner's specialist expertise, Fiducian Financial Service's advisers will complete a self-managed superannuation fund training course that is currently being encouraged by ASIC on top of PS 146. Technical services ...

Depreciation changes boost property investment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
... down. These tax initiatives may also have the effect of making residential property investment more attractive though these rule changes also reinforce why investors, whether investing in property, shares or managed funds, should always focus on after-tax ...

Wait and see with annuities: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
... a lump sum or pension, more generous Centrelink asset test tapering and the removal of the 50 per cent asset test exempt rule for annuities and pensions purchased after 20 September 2007. All of these changes combine to drastically alter the effectiveness ...

Online banking rules: Commonwealth

The Commonwealth Bank's inaugural E-money survey, an annual index of electronic banking usage in the country, has found that 85 per cent of Australians voted the internet as their preferred banking channel. Amid much debate in recent years about the ...

Budget transitional arrangements for over 65s

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
The Treasurer has announced transitional provisions to apply to the proposed $150,000 annual cap on post-tax contributions while also adjusting the payment rules for people aged 65 and over. However, post-tax contributions made between 1 July 2005 and ...

All is fair in love and bankruptcy

Small business mums and dads will be the worst affected by the new bankruptcy rule that allows bankruptcy trustees to take away the family home even if only one spouse goes bankrupt, regardless of who paid what for the property. Geoff McDonald, barrister ...

Common sense rules in portfolio construction

Investors should not abandon a common sense approach to managing their portfolio after new academic research found that many claims about the superior portfolio construction of fund managers can not be statistically tested or verified. Steve Christie ...