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Caveat to APRA data: ASFA

ASFA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
Super fund returns data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority yesterday are of "very limited assistance" to consumers, said industry body ASFA. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said that the performance numbers cited by APRA are ...

State Super members hungry for advice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
More than two out of five members of the $29 billion State Super have sought financial planning advice in the last two years, the fund's membership survey shows. State Super, which had $29 billion in funds under management at the end of June according ...

ISN to APRA: get on with it

APRA should get on with publishing its 'whole of fund' returns league tables, said the Industry Super Network (ISN). The league tables are needed because there is insufficient independent information available for consumers to help them choose super ...

K2 benefits from planner focus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... investment platforms had paid off. He said the firm previously sourced around 20 per cent from financial planners, but now that figure is around 45 per cent. The firm's flagship fund, the K2 Australia fund, is rated five stars by Standard & Poor's and ...

Lifewise website nets 8,500 hits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
Insurance awareness website, Lifewise, attracted around 8,500 unique visits in three months. The industry-wide insurance campaign, which is designed to inform Australians about how to protect themselves from financial loss as a result of an accident ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower on Friday, after US equities declined on a rise in people continuing to claim unemployment benefits and lacklustre sales figures from major retailers. Oil and metals also were lower. At 0714 AEST ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket was higher at noon pulled up by the resources and financial sectors. At the 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 40.3 points, or 0.95 per cent, at 4304.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 36.4 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was three points higher at 4220, a figure lower than Wednesday's S&P/ASX 200 Index closing price. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release ...

Higher...higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
Overnight action on Wall Street was as boring as watching green shoots grow. As is typical in this stage of the cycle, the usual suspects - mixed economic data - caused the major US stock averages to bob up and bob down before closing narrowly higher ...

Planners lose staff but not for long

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
Nearly 40 per cent of financial planning businesses have lost staff in the last eight months, new research shows. According to figures by eJobs, 39 per cent out of 116 respondents said they had lost staff since November. These staff were let go by retrenchment ...