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NZ Govt to enrol extra 1m into Kiwisaver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... last financial year, A$800 million were via government subsidies that included tax credits and the $NZ1,000 'kick-start' bonus. Further complicating the debate is a recent NZ Treasury report released last month, KiwiSaver: An Initial Evaluation of the ...

AMP/AXA's Integra moves to MLC's Garvan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Integra Financial Services has changed licensees, swapping AMP/AXA for MLC, citing a better business model as the driving force behind their decision. Integra has joined MLC owned dealer group, Garvan Financial Planning after 14 years with dealer group ...

Macquarie may slash jobs in dip

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... restore its returns. "Data on announced M&A (mergers and acquisitions) indicate that market share loss continues and the post-bonus exodus of staff appears to have also continued... meaning we are not expecting a near-term recovery of revenues," Nason ...

Paragem secures new planning licensee

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
Boutique financial advisory practice PWK Private Wealth Advisers has joined the Paragem Wholesale Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL), taking the dealer group's total assets under advice to $1.3 billion. Paragem now has 13 practices under its ...

Ex-Macq fund manager gets jail for insider trading

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... stock, de Silva sold his positions for profit - in a move known as 'front running'. Macquarie reportedly paid de Silva a bonus of $585,000 in the same trading year plus a $900,000 ex-gratia payment in September 2008 when he resigned. The Monetary Authority ...

Super policies shortchange women

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... the $450 monthly income superannuation threshold. AIST also recommended the government give a $2000 'return-to-work' super bonus for those who have been out of paid work for a long time. Of those surveyed, four in five said they would have contributed ...

MLC advisers top benchmarking survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
MLC's financial advisers earn more than their adviser peers for the third consecutive year, a survey shows. The data, sourced from the Comparator Annual Benchmarking Study for Financial Planning Businesses 2010, found that Godfrey Pembroke advisers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices all clearly lower, along with oil, although precious metals were higher. On the ASX 24 at 0714 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

ING DIRECT launches term deposit

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... option to receive the interest earned at the end of the term and renew the original term deposit amount; and earn a Loyalty Bonus when they renew the term deposit to the same or a different term.

Super baby bonus validity questioned

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
Calls for a "super baby bonus" opens door for change and a greater push for more benefits in Australian women's superannuation entitlements, according to Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Last week, the Australian Council of Trade ...