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Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... at 5,007.89 points, and Frankfurt's DAX 30 tumbled 2.26 per cent to 11,413.82 points. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies dropped 0.80 per cent compared with Thursday's close to close at 6,984.43 points. "European equity markets remained ...

Infocus looking to expand advice services

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... organisations and employer groups to further its outsourced financial advice services nationally. The announcement comes on top of Infocus now providing its financial advice services to industry funds TWUSUPER and First Super with the former partnership ...

Super mums must focus on retirement savings

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
Industry superannuation fund REST has entered the discussion about women being more knowledgeable in managing their finances by commissioning a Super Mum Index. The Retail Employees Superannuation Trust (REST) has a large portion of female members and ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
A new general manager for Godfrey Pembroke and a reshuffle at the top of First State Super led a raft of big appointment stories this week. NAB confirms new Godfrey Pembroke GM - Alan Logan, who has held executive positions at ANZ Advice & Distribution ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... as G7 finance ministers met under the shadow of the increasingly tense Greek crisis. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies finished 0.11 per cent higher compared with Wednesday's close to 7,040.92 points. But Greece weighed on eurozone stocks ...

FoFA among top 20 global regulatory nightmares

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform is one of the 20 most challenging pieces of regulation globally, according to a survey of 600 compliance professionals across the world. The 'Cost of compliance 2015' report by Thomson Reuters asked compliance ...

Who's scared of Grexit or lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... progress in substance," a German official, who declined to be identified, said earlier at the sidelines of the meeting of top financial officials from the Group of Seven nations that started Wednesday in Dresden." But never you mind, 'twas enough for ...

First State Super restructures top brass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
First State Super has restructured its leadership team with the creation of two new senior executive positions The $53 billion not-for-profit fund's chief executive Michael Dwyer said the move would help meet the evolving needs of members. Guy McAliece ...

Widen access to PLS, say cross-bench senators

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... their partners who are unable to receive a full pension because of the income or assets test. The scheme allows people to top up a part pension to the full rate. Compound interest is charged on the loan and it is normally repaid if the home is sold or ...

Old families make way for self-made billionaires

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... their first business venture before the age of 30 and that a total of 68% did so before turning 40. In the United States, the top sector for self-made billionaires was financial services (30%), with the average wealth at $4.5 billion. Asian self-made ...