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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... per cent or 202.53 to 24,187.10. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket continued to fall today after news of Telecom's plans revealed some changes to dividends and capital expenditure. The NZSX-50 index was down 35.44 points, or 0.99 per cent, to ...

Tax offsets for fin advice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... Mercer's suggestion follows a similar vein of thinking by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) for tax deductible financial plans. According to the FPA, while taxpayers may claim a tax deduction in some situations, they may not in other circumstances. ...

Aus planners lead the world in business practice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... same rating. "Generally speaking when we looked at data sets by country, more Australian practices had documented business plans, more of them had started to address succession issues," said Rod Bertino, Business Health partner. "I think it's a function ...

Govt to cut 'lost super' red tape

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Federal minister for superannuation and corporate law, Nick Sherry, has announced plans to reduce the hassle behind finding lost super accounts by rationalising the register. Sherry said lost super accounts represented roughly one in five of all superannuation ...

Govt moves in on legacy products

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Federal minister for superannuation and corporate law, Nick Sherry, has announced plans to develop a rationalisation mechanism to help customers move from an outdated investment product to a new one, at little or no cost. "The operation of legacy products ...

RSL snubs proposed super changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
The Returned Services League (RSL) has urged the government to reject plans to change the military's retirement fund because the proposed changes could disadvantage military service people. In July last year, the Howard Government created a military ...

AXA online gets thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... "The latest PQT for new business allows advisers to instantly generate insurance quotes for all AXA individual insurance plans. Quotes can be tailored according to individual client needs and once a quote is complete advisers can generate a customised ...

FTSE war on terror

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... non-humanitarian ties in or with countries that expose them to global security risk. The firm claims the series can help pension plans in "complying with new state legislation and meeting exclusion mandates while allowing them to continue to implement ...

AXA to invest $30m in life insurance

AXA Australia plans to invest more than double each year into its life insurance business to move from its position as a sixth rank provider to one of the top three in the sector. In previous years, AXA invested around $3 million to $5 million each ...

Macquarie shuts down US mortgage operation

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... bank's securitisation funding vehicle, Puma, will continue to manage existing securitised loan portfolios. Macquarie has no plans to sell Puma. Macquarie has mortgage operations in Canada and Europe. It has said these businesses would continue but the ...