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Coalition will delay SG rise, abolish LICS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
Opposition leader Tony Abbott has delivered his budget reply speech, announcing delays or suspension of superannuation intitiatives that were meant to be funded from taxes that a Coalition government intends repealing should it win office. These initiatives ...

Former AFS executive appointed at BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Former Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) head of Strategic Development Meaghan Unsworth has been appointed senior product development manager at BT Financial Group. Unsworth's LinkedIn profile shows that she was appointed on May and she had ...

Nominations open for AFA Excellence in Education award

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened the nominations for the sixth AFA Excellence in Education Award, which recognises advisers committed to lifelong learning. Nominations close on May 24 with the first round of interviews being held ...

AUI tips property fund merger

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) is seeking approval from investors in its Second Industrial Trust (SIT) to merge the trust with its flagship Office Property Fund (OPF). Investors in SIT will be eligible to vote on the proposal to create a $360 million ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more...We must be over the rainbow!" -Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) And if not, we're surely on our way...and a pot of gold awaits (the metaphorical one of course, not the metal that's now in a bear market). Forget ...

Austock Group company secretary resigns

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
Austock Group company secretary Amanda Gawne has resigned, to be replaced by the company's chief financial officer Enzo Silverii. It is understood that Silverii has already taken the reigns and according to an ASX announcement yesterday, he will be ...

Former SMSF adviser sentenced

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
A former self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) adviser was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of lodging a false statement with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Craig Gerard Dangar was convicted and released subject ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... for you? If only you tattooed on your foreheadthe general macro theme ever since Uncle Ben set QE3 a-sailing last 13 September -- bad news is good news in terms of Fed policy and good news is well...good news. You could have joined the army reserves ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
If you think gold's recent swan dive was unnerving, spare a thought for those who bought carbon credits - that's where the climate change has really happened. Gold has recouped some of its losses over the past two trading sessions, but it remains 26.9% ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
It started with the gold rush...to the exits, then China growth disappointment - which turned the sell gold (and other commodities) marathon into a sprint - and now this, America's attacked once more. I woke up to the news that two bombs had exploded ...