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SPAA membership rises 50 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... sub-segment in superannuation. "Traditionally there is an increase in the number of SMSFs being set up in poor economic times and I think we're finding that at the moment," he said.

IUS revamps super insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... "Lifestyles have changed, people need higher insurance later in life than has been generally accepted before and at different times in their life," he said. Collins believes that the linking of group life and disability insurance in one form - which ...

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... women at a soup kitchen located near the White House. Pictured wearing an apron, Mrs. Obama said that, "We are facing tough times in this country, and it is important to help those who have no place to live." Quite right. But soon there will be more ...

AFA hits back at fee-for-service report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... has criticised the small sample size of a recent Rice Warner Actuaries report that highlighted Australians risk paying 13 times more for commission-based advice versus fee-for-service. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the association, critiqued the ...

BNP turns to games for education

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... pretend bank. Players are assessed using a set of performance indicators and employees can choose to restart the game as many times as they like. Players are supported by a Marvin, a character within the game, who assists them. By playing the game, BNP ...

The Ides of March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... March refers to the 15th day of the month of March. It was a festive day celebrating the Mars, the god of war. In modern times it has taken on an ominous sense ever since Julius Caesar's assassination on this date have been foretold by his soothsayer ...

GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... to Australian investors who perhaps should now be looking past the current crisis and positioning themselves for better times. In hindsight, the 1987 stock market crash and the 1990/91 recession turned out to be great entry points for equity investors. ...

Clients stung by commissioned advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
Australians who pay advisers by commission risk overpaying for services 13 times too much, according to a new report by Rice Warner Actuaries. Financial advisers who received commissions could earn up to 13 times more than those who were remunerated ...

Super and pensions under attack

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... extreme that it would be cheaper to give them the age pension. Indeed he argues that they could be given the age pension many times over. The irony is that the superannuation system was created to save pension expenditures, said Ingles. This inequity ...

Baracking for the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
"While our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken, though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this, we will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger ...