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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
Australian Bureau of Statistics labour force data indicates that on a seasonally adjusted basis there was a 2.3 per cent rise over the month in unemployed persons, although this is still 8.2 per cent less than a year ago. Of the 44,600 new jobs added ...

HESTA gives members free super advice

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
HESTA Super Fund has announced it will offer all its members free superannuation planning advice in the workplace through its network of Superannuation Service Advisers (SSA). HESTA members can arrange to meet an SSA in their workplace for personal ...

ASIC takes SMSF site offline

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
A website offering to assist consumers in setting up and operating a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) has been taken offline after an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Online Super Legal agreed to shut ...

Rainmaker's CompareOnline now compares 385 super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
Rainmaker's CompareOnline super fund comparative web software for financial planners and super funds now compares 385 funds representing 18 million members and $460 billion in assets. "SelectingSuper's CompareOnline provides financial advisers, paraplanners ...

Patersons' poor compliance under review

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has called on specialist stockbroker Patersons Securities to review its monitoring and supervision of staff after it found that two Patersons employees may have risked client funds through ...

GoldLink launches commodities index fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
GoldLink Capital Asset Management has announced the launch of its GoldLink Commodity IndexPlus Fund offering investors returns linked to commodity indices with a degree of downside risk protection. The fund offers investors broad exposure to energy ...

Plan your pre-nup: HLB Mann Judd

In an age where many couples are living together before marriage or delaying their wedding date, accounting firm HLB Mann Judd said a pre-nuptial agreement (pre-nup) is a must. "People tend to associate pre-nuptial or co-habitation agreements with the ...

PE investments - trustees must understand the risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
The race for better investment returns is pushing super funds into alternatives strategies that are badly understood by some trustees, said the Australian Prudential and Regulation Commission (APRA). Ross Jones, APRA deputy chairman told the recent ...

Failure to focus on after-tax letting down members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006
Super funds are failing in their obligation to provide the best possible after-tax outcomes to their members, according to Richard Friend, head of portfolio management at Warakirri. Friend was unequivocal in his criticism, saying that measuring the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
The changing structure of world trade is again in focus with the release of information on Australian exports showing that those going to Asia rose from 57 per cent to 62 per cent in the five years to 2005 at the same time that exports to the US fell ...