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Planning industry unified on commissions: AMP

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
The Australian planning industry is more unified on the issue of commissions than sister global markets such as Canada and United States, although there are lessons to be learned, according to AMP head. Steve Helmich, AMP's director of financial planning ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
The twisting and shouting we witnessed on Wall Street the previous day - with most other financial markets singing "joy to the world" - died down overnight. To be sure, the DJ's didn't turned off the music - they just changed the tune from hip hop ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
The Australian share market was expected to open stronger today, despite the absence of leads from offshore trading overnight. At 0702 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 4,614. In economics news on Tuesday, the ...

Franklin Templeton acquires Balanced Equity, plans new fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
Franklin Templeton Investments has agreed to acquire Australian equities manager Balanced Equity Management and plans to launch a new fund available to retail and institutional investors. The deal transforms Franklin Templeton Australia from a $7bn ...

Collectible nightmare just an SMSF bad dream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
The self-managed super fund industry is over-reacting to draft regulations for collectibles, a sector training provider said today. The SMSF Academy, a specialist education body for the SMSF industry, said rule changes on collectables were a necessary ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
Let's cut to the chase and get straight to the point - the US employment report most of us have waited for all week was plain and simply U-G-L-Y ugly. There's no ifs, no ands and definitely no buts. Ugly, ugly, ugly. That's just what it is! Although ...

Insurance puts a price on housework

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
Stay at home parents can now receive up to $900 a week in insurance cover for their unpaid housework, should they get injured or fall ill under a new insurance product. Suncorp subsidiary, Million Dollar Woman, created Day-to-Day Living Expenses Cover ...

Hands off collectables: SISFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
The Small Independent Superannuation Funds Association has asked the Government to leave the rules on collectables in self-managed super funds unchanged. The organisation has made a submission on the Government's draft legislation regarding collectables ...

No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
"I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down..." - "I Get Knocked Down", Chumbawamba Well, well, what do you know Deuce Bigalow? The biggest drop in the equity markets so far this year now looks like one nice dip buying ...

AFA Foundation and Future2 raise funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
Two financial planning foundations have joined forces for the first time to donate $10,000 to the Friedrich Ataxia Research Association (FARA). The Association of Financial Advisers Foundation (AFA Foundation) and Future2, the Foundation of the Australian ...