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Caution drives SMSFs to remain in cash: survey

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... super fund (SMSF) trustees are not planning to change their cash allocation, according to a new survey, despite more than a third of respondents stating over half their assets are parked in the asset class. The Ubank survey found 66 per cent of respondents ...

ING enhances OneCare

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... product, OneCare, that allows policy holders to increase their cover by up to 25 per cent on the amount insured on every third year policy anniversary without a medical check-up. The insurance firms 'future insurability three-year increase option' is ...

Westpoint investors win $13.5m compensation

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... State Trustees." "In separate but related settlements State Trustees has also had significant contribution from a number of third parties. State Trustees is indemnified by its insurers in respect to this claim."

US fund managers say long term, trade short term

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
A US-based study has found many US fund managers are churning their portfolio more often than they said they would - giving new evidence that short-termism is rife and long-termism is just lip service for many. The study found nearly two thirds of institutionally ...

Attack of the million-dollar virus

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... financial services sector in particular were the Conficker virus and the Silentbanker Trojan. In Australia and New Zealand, a third of those surveyed ranked these viruses as somewhat, if not highly, effective, at causing serious IT problems. "The fraud ...

Introducing Chris Condon Fin Services

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... available as appropriate and as needed," he said. The key reason to his departure is his desire to start what he calls the "third phase" of his career and launch his own business. Condon joined MLC Investment Management in September 1997 with responsibility ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
Australian shares are expected to open lower after Wall Street indices were down overnight, and commodity prices fell. At 0822 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 54 points lower at 4,664. In economic news on ...

Gen Y super members paying triple tax

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... 46.5 per cent tax on their employer contributions instead of 15 per cent. REST also found that on top of this, more than a third of their members are not taking advantage of other ways to save money on retirement such as consolidating the super funds ...

Guggenheim buys Security Benefit

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... will strengthen the firm's capital position and resource base. The transaction is expected to close during the second or third quarter of this year, subject to certain regulatory and other approvals. Guggenheim Partners is a diversified financial services ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... lead the way," she said. Westpac, Australia's second biggest lender, said first quarter cash earnings had risen by one- third, lifting its shares by $1.14, or 4.89 per cent, to $24.44 by 1203 AEDT. "The fact that Westpac has come out with a good result ...