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Simulate my retirement: Telstra Super

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
Telstra Super has launched a new online tool that goes beyond calculating one's retirement savings - introducing a new calculator that takes into account career breaks, having time off for children, and even a holiday to the Bahamas. The Telstra Super ...

Commercial property sales rebound: CBRE

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Commercial property transactions above $5 million rebounded to $2.6 billion in the third quarter, up 268 per cent sequentially and up 75 per cent on last year, according to figures released by CB Richard Ellis. And while Australian super funds are dipping ...

Speaker chaos could derail super reforms

Chaos engulfing the role of the speaker in Australia's hung parliament is significantly damaging the chances the government will be able to implement its superannuation and wealth management reform program. The latest confusion centres on accusations ...

Shorten takes on superannuation portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Bill Shorten, former Parliamentary secretary for disability services and AustralianSuper and Victorian Funds Management Corporation director, has been appointed minister for superannuation while former superannuation minister Chris Bowen takes on the ...

AMP hires sales execs for IFAs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
AMP has appointed seven new people to its IFA Protection team in response to more demand for its enhanced risk offer in the IFA channel. Dan Powell, director IFA and alliance distribution said the appointments allows the firm to meet the increased demand ...

Gillard Govt to tighten reverse mortgages rules

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
Reverse mortgages holders will receive more protection during a property downturn if Labor continues to hold government after the election - but the industry's peak body said most of these proposed policies are already in place. A re-elected Gillard ...

Raising SG must remain despite RSPT outcome: Brogden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
The Investment & Financial Services (IFSA) is calling on the government to commit to increasing the superannuation guarantee (SG) to 12 per cent regardless of the outcome of the Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) negotiations. Speaking at an IFSA member ...

First femme PM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
The morning after. Either you're still reading the obituaries and the political assassination of Kevin Rudd or you have moved on to congratulate Australia's first femme PM - Julia Gillard. I won't bore you with the details. Pick up any local daily or ...

PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The elevation of Julia Gillard to become Australia's first female Prime Minister, which increases the odds the government will be re-elected and possibly win back a few senate seats, makes it more likely that the government's financial services reform ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
It was another ho-hum moment on Wall Street overnight. The Dow went down less than 1 per cent, then up less than 1 per cent, then closed 0.1 per cent higher. The same goes for the S&P 500 index... well, almost. It went down less than 1 per cent, up ...