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Super tax breaks unaffordable: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Australia can't afford the rising and inequitable cost of superannuation tax concessions, said Treasury in its Red Book briefing to the returned ALP government. Each election, Treasury prepares a briefing folder for both the government should they be ...

Zurich kit connects advisers to new clients

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
Zurich has launched a financial adviser kit to assist advisers catering to clients in the medical profession. In the wake of the election decision and the Independent MP's stance, rural areas and medical professionals are expected to receive far greater ...

New tech offers high data protection

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Acronis has launched new software that offers financial planners high data recovery and non-stop backup systems while simplifying the right backup configuration to suit their needs. The Acronis True Image Home 2011 (ATI Home 2011) is now available and ...

Challenger back in the black, annuity sales trebles

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... business, which posted record sales over the year. Retail and institutional annuity product sales increased more than three-fold from $514 million to $2.19 billion. Retail sales of annuities alone rose 82 per cent to $933 million. "An ageing population ...

Platforms up 30pc to $391bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... full six percentage points ahead of current leader BT. The fastest growing platforms are IOOF Portfolio Services up five -fold in a year and AXA's North platform suit which has tripled in a year. Showing the impact of innovation in the platform market ...

Senior exec moves at AMP and RARE

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
Three RARE Infrastructure analysts have joined AMP Capital Investors - while Charles Hamieh, AMP senior analyst, global infrastructure securities, moves to RARE next month. AMP Capital Investors has welcomed three RARE researchers to its folds, including ...

Van Eyk loses two, names GM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... distribution Brian Long and business development manager Luke Fitzgerald moving to Mercer while a former Macquarie exec joins the fold. Mercer hired Long and Fitzgerald to provide advisory and research services to financial planning organisations, private ...

Magellan raises cash six-fold on Euro debt fears

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
Magellan Financial Group increased the cash weighting of its Global fund from 2 per cent to 12 per cent four weeks ago due to concerns about the European debt crisis. Hamish Douglass, chief executive and portfolio manager at Magellan, said the Global ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
"Three coins in a fountain... which one will the fountain bless?" ( Frank Sinatra) It was a down day again on Wall Street overnight. It followed an up day that trailed a down day. Chances are, other markets would follow suit. But under current circumstances ...

Shadforth ramps up client book-buying strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... planners leaving the industry. Tony Fenning, head of Shadforth Financial Group, said the group's development strategy is two-fold; buying or partnering with existing businesses and buying the client books of practices looking to leave the market. He ...