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Snowball launches advice centre of excellence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Snowball Financial Group has launched a Best Advice Centre of Excellence, a collection of some of the advice industry's leading minds to hash out ideas and new ways to improve the delivery of advice. The project is part of Snowball's Project Best Advice ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Australian shares were down by 1.3 per cent at noon as weaker than expected building approval data released late Tuesday morning prompted shares to fall further from initial losses. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 56.9 ...

SMSFs stockpiling cash, weighted to banks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Self-managed super funds have been stockpiling cash in the three months to June reflecting a cautious attitude to the stockmarket among trustees, a new survey has said. Cash holdings for the 1600 SMSFs administered by self-managed super administration ...

Secondary market for private equity heats with billion dollar deal

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Several large transactions have heated up the secondary market for global private equity, suggesting predictions for market upturn were right according to new research from alternative investment research firm Preqin. AXA Private Equity's purchase of ...

Complicating the simple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
"Increasing America's overdraft beyond $14.3 trillion should have been relatively simple." Not my words ladies and gents, but that of the revered "The Economist" magazine. Simple and yet, here we all are, still watching on the edge of our seats, still ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today, after US markets fell for the fifth straight day while the US searches for a solution to its debt crisis. At 0649 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was nine ...

Macquarie backs annuity income as contributions drop

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
Macquarie said that annuity style income provided by its banking and financial services, funds management and corporate and asset finance divisions will drive growth in the medium term after reporting a drop in group contributions for Q1 2012. Macquarie ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
The Australian stock market was lower at noon after local inflation data sent the Australian dollar higher, and as the US debt ceiling stalemate continued. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 20.2 points, or 0.44 per cent ...

Super Choice did not change super habits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Super Choice legislation enabling consumers to choose their superannuation fund has made little impact on the way Australians choose superannuation, a report has found. The Roy Morgan Superannuation and Wealth Management in Australia report for July ...

Fund flows push life risk market to $9.5b

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Life risk insurance is enjoying steady growth and group risk sales have jumped as large deals change hands, latest figures show. Risk premium inflows increased to $9.5 billion in the year to March, an increase of 10.4% over the $8.6 billion collected ...