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First Home Saver proposal a winner

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
... savers must first be eligible for the First Home Buyers Grant. "Existing superannuation funds will be free to offer these accounts. Significant administrative efficiencies and easier access to higher rates of return will result from mirroring the framework ...

Hong Kong's millionaire factory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... that has seen its financial services industry thrive. The nation is heavily dependent on its services industry, which accounts for almost 90 per cent of its GDP," said David Lalich, analyst and author at Datamonitor Financial Services. There were more ...

BT Financial and Westpac launch all-in-one super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... through to retirement and every stage in between. Broadly speaking, BT Financial will enable consumers to view their super accounts the way they view their bank accounts now. For example, BT merges online banking and superannuation so that customers ...

IAS gathers momentum

Managed accounts administrator Investment Administration Services (IAS) announced it had over $1.5 billion in funds under administration (FUA) only two years since launch. "This is a milestone for IAS and achieved from a start up position just over ...

Directors face prison term for lack of disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Two Australian-listed company directors have been slapped with three-year jail terms for using offshore accounts to illegally hide their shareholdings in the business. The prison terms were handed to Stuart Corp and Brian Smith, directors of Corp and ...

Liquidnet rollout gains ASIC approval

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... Liquidnet, and the significant cost savings they will provide to institutions and the millions of beneficiaries of the accounts managed by these institutions, has been extremely strong," Macqueen said. "Frustration is growing among institutions forced ...

More rich get richer

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... Merrill Lynch and Capgemini's 2nd annual Asia-Pacific Wealth Report. According to the report, the Asia-Pacific region now accounts for over a quarter of the global population of high net worth individuals (HNWI) with a total net worth of US$8.4 trillion ...

SMSFs navigate savings

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... service, according to general manager of wealth management products, Andrew Barker. The feature, which treats multiple accounts as one to reduce fees, is perfect for SMSFs, said Barker, thanks to its family-oriented nature and tax and share investment ...

Under-building down under

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
... under-supplied in an economy where real household incomes are growing even after interest payments. Significantly sub-prime accounts for around 1 per cent of total mortgage lending down under whereas in the US, this is now around 15 per cent of total ...

UK closes PE tax "loophole"

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007