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SMSF Association launches accreditation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
The SMSF Association has launched an accreditation program for financial services workers willing to know the basics of self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The SMSF Practitioner (SSP) program is a practical, foundation-based SMSF designation aimed at ...

AMP expands US credit research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... at Bain Capital Partners as finance manager and at Brinson Partners as director of equity research. Shire will focus on basic materials, healthcare and gaming, while Rossetti will focus on the consumer-related sectors. AMP Capital credit analyst Joyce ...

86 billion Euros are in the mail, just

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
It's a deal! Well, er, not quite. He huffed and he puffed and he beat his chest. In the end, Greek PM Tsipras got his cake... on his face! Tsipras urged the Greeks to do what he say -- vote "Oxi" to the reforms for bail out conditions proposed by its ...

Temporary trial separation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015

PROFILE: Stanford Brown chief executive Jonathan Hoyle

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
There are two things that arguably led Jonathan Hoyle to where he is now: Michael Lewis's autobiography, Liar's Poker, and the sight of fresh blood. The chief executive of Stanford Brown was 20 years old and studying biochemistry when he picked up a ...

CommInsure annuities listed on CFS wrap platforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... retirement. "A combination of a CPI-indexed lifetime annuity with the age pension can be used to help meet the customer's basic living expenses," he said. The remainder can be invested in an account based pension to meet the customer's target income ...

SMSF investors reducing cash and shares

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... 26.4%, compared to 27.8% in March 2014. Head of wealth management at HLB Mann Judd Sydney, Michael Hutton, said one of the basic property "dos" around SMSFs was to integrate the fund with your business in terms of ownership of commercial property and ...

Advice firm acquires $1bn accountancy business

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... business model of AFG is attractive as it provides clients a genuine end-to-end solution with the ability to tailor very basic or comprehensive solutions to meet the needs of all accountants," Ng said. "We are beginning to see rising demand for AFG services ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after US and European markets fell on Friday amid fears over a Greek debt default. The June share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,528. On Friday, US and European stocks fell ...

Almost everyone got a bonus this year, report reveals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... roles 58% of respondents consider entire compensation as the most important factor to consider, whilst 22% consider just the basic salary, and only 6.7% said they had other motivations.