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The times they are a'changin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... reading of 70 - from 70.8. While the result remains above this cycle's low of 55.3 set last November, it had taken back all - yes, all - the optimism that has built up over the past three months. Likewise, what looked like good news was spun into bad. ...

ASIC lifts restrictions on intra-fund advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
Australians can access superannuation-related financial advice more easily under regulatory changes announced yesterday, but the industry is split between those that believe ASIC's move benefits the public while others predict it's a "disaster in the ...

More mortgage brokers to sell insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
First Aussie John announced he would "shake up" the insurance market, now Mortgage Choice is boosting its presence in life insurance too. Independently-owned mortgage house Mortgage Choice announced the partnership with Lifebroker, which claims to be ...

AMP gears up for changes in advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
AMP is getting a head start on the changes in superannuation regulation and shifting consumer behaviour towards financial planning through a new project called 'Advice 2010'. Craig Dunn, chief executive of AMP and a speaker at the Trans-Tasman Business ...

Timbercorp growers favour consortium

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
Timbercorp growers are welcoming talks with a recently formed consortium - TCGrowers - which is looking to buy the embattled agricultural group's forestry assets. According to an update yesterday on the TCGrowers website, the group had received very ...

Dixon criticises Premium buy-back scheme

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services claim the 8 per cent on-market buy back scheme proposed by the Premium Investors board will not provide enough liquidity to shareholders. Yesterday the Premium Investors board announced it plans to conduct ...

Morris steps down sooner

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
Dirk Morris, BT Investment Management's chief executive and executive director, will leave the company next week, instead of the initially announced departure three months away. BT Investment Management announced Morris had resigned from the firm last ...

First Super mulls Timbercorp rescue

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
First Super, the $1.5 billion industry super fund for the furniture, pulp, paper and timber industries, has entered a consortium with South Australia-based Penola Pulp Mill and the management of Timbercorp Forestry to discuss the acquisition of Timbercorp's ...

No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... Drop Since April on Jobs Data'. The Melbourne Age's webpage had something more alarming: 'Weak jobs data sinks US stocks'. Yes, they're out in force again today. Lamenting the miniscule 0.1 per cent uptick in the US jobless rate to 9.5 per cent in June ...

When ASIC knocks, answer immediately

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
You've been served. Recent reports about corporate watchdog ASIC paying a personal visit to two accountants (mistakenly reported in the media as financial planners) to hand them notices illustrate the far-reaching powers of the regulator, says an industry ...