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Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... the ninth lowest tax regime in the OECD when it comes to total taxes and a net public debt of around 7%. "Many of our friends in other jurisdictions would give their eye teeth for these numbers." "We know our taxation regime has grown to be far too complicated ...

BT Future2 Wheel Classic hits the road

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... Griffin. "This is our way of giving back to the community - and we're appealing to financial planners, colleagues and friends all to dip into their pockets to support the effort." In the form of grants from Future2 to community organisations, the money ...

Van Der Wielen heads to UK group Friends Life

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... weeks after taking the top job, John Van Der Wielen has resigned from ANZ Wealth as managing director to move to UK group, Friends Life. Friends Life brings together the UK operations of Friends Provident and the life assurance businesses acquired from ...

HOSTPLUS serves up online engagement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... fund has grown its status in the social media world with over 1000 Twitter followers. The C4YC facebook page has 2300 friends and has had over 7000 visits. HOSTPLUS has also had 167,000 facebook post views and all on a media budget of $0. "It was very ...

Get on your bike for charity

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... ride in 2010 are back on their bikes again this year. They are challenging other financial planners, their colleagues and friends, to join them on the 10-day ride. The ride has been broken down in to sections, for the time poor, or a team can be organised ...

Retiree internet use hits 80 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... per cent of retirees use tablets, a higher usage rate that Gen-Y and Gen-Z. Australians average 217 social networking "friends" and for those using Twitter they follow an average 35 people.

Diamonds are a fund's best friends

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
Sparkling gems are luring investors with two global funds offering diamonds as a hedge against inflation and an alternative to traditional asset classes. Despite the availability of synthetic diamonds, prices for the gem have been rising for more than ...

Backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... needs to generate at least 150K jobs a month to ensure that the recovery is sustainable? Well, here's news for you my dear friends, job creation had been above 200k for the past three consecutive months. USA is on its way! But speaking of backtracking ...

Gen Yers turn to social media for financial advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... seeking advice. The Annual Investor Index survey found that some 60 per cent of survey respondents aged between 22 to 34 ask friends, relatives and colleagues about finances and investing. This compares to just 43 per cent of Baby Boomers and 31 per ...

Turkeys, PIGS and Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... Spain about 300 basis points more. Germans can can currently borrow at 2.73 per cent payable in 10-years. And this, my friends, is where the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling. The higher interest rates these countries are made to pay to fund their deficits ...