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China's party plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013

Pension rule changes to benefit 740,000

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
More than 740,000 Australian pensioners will have extra money in their pockets as a result of the lowering of the social security deeming rates from 4 November 2013, Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrew said. The deeming rate will decrease to 2% ...

Future Fund boosts exposure to global equities, infra

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... of this strength, repositioning over the 12 months to attractively valued assets while also selectively selling assets we deem as becoming fully priced," Burgess said. Burgess added that "although financial markets may, from time to time, become volatile ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
The Australian share market has opened lower due to concerns about the US debt ceiling, weak economic data from Japan and political turmoil in Italy. The biggest worry for investors is the debt ceiling negotiations in the US, where the government is ...

PM Capital Absolute Performance fund recommended by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013

FSC denounces lost super threshold rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has denounced the government's plan to raise the threshold at which inactive superannuation account balances can be transferred to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). Currently, inactive account balances of under ...

CBA and HSBC change 'misleading' ads

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) and HSBC Bank have changed their advertising for structured products aimed at retail investors after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said they were potentially misleading. CBA's flyer compared ...

Preamium SMA deemed suitable for SIV investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
Preamium has announced that its separately managed account (SMA) platform qualifies as a complying investment under the rules of Government's Significant Investment Visa (SIV) Scheme. The scheme is designed to fast-track wealthy visa applicants to Australia ...

Budget 2013-14 wrap up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
The headlines for the sector are that the superannuation changes announced on 5 April 2013 have been confirmed, the Medicare levy will increase by 0.5% from next year to offset the cost of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), some future tax ...

Australians priced out of life insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... risks more seriously than men, while young people aged between 18 and 24 believe their plans to live a long and healthy life deem life insurance unnecessary. But the survey showed very clearly that cost is the number one concern. This concern, according ...