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Westpac FP launches $500k super campaign

Westpac Financial Planning has launched a marketing campaign designed to help their existing clients realise the extra incentives to save for their retirement on the back of Treasurer Costello's proposed 2006 super reforms. In what is its first major ...

FSS scores as default fund for ACT Govt

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
First State Super (FSS) has won its first tender as a public offer super fund, being selected as the default fund for the ACT Government. The appointment follows the fund going public offer in May, and default funds become a compulsory requirement under ...

AWM streamlines admin through Supercorp

Australian Wealth Management (AWM) Limited has selected Supercorp to be their exclusive small APRA funds (SAF) administration platform, thanks to the latter's end-to-end administration technology. AWM took the gargantuan task of transferring millions ...

Budget transitional arrangements for over 65s

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
The Treasurer has announced transitional provisions to apply to the proposed $150,000 annual cap on post-tax contributions while also adjusting the payment rules for people aged 65 and over. However, post-tax contributions made between 1 July 2005 and ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
US producer prices increased by 0.2 per cent in May, lower than market expectations for a 0.4 per cent rise. However, the core PPI rate - which excludes food and energy - went up by a larger than expected 0.3 per cent. Year-on-year, headline PPI is ...

ACT govt slashes SG

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
In its 2006-07 Budget, the ACT Government has announced it will reduce its superannuation guarantee level to 9 per cent from 1 July 2006 in a bid to reel in the expected 700 per cent increase in super costs over the next 30 years. Up until now all employees ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that retail sales rose by a larger-than-expected 1.4 per cent in April, giving credence to the RBA's May decision to lift interest rates. The April rise in retail spending is nearly five times market ...

VFMC bears teething pains to woo top talent

The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VMFC) chief executive Syd Bone concedes it will be a tough recruitment period ahead as the group seeks to grow and restructure its investment team, with existing staff required to re-apply for their jobs. ...

Rivals join hands for AustralianSuper

Walking down the aisle with two brides? The soon-to-merge STA/ARF mega fund AustralianSuper will retain both JANA and Frontier to provide asset consulting for the fund's combined $20 billion portfolio. Under the arrangement that will come into effect ...

Perpetual profits to jump 13 per cent

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006
Perpetual has forecast a 13 per cent jump in its 2006 full year after tax profits on the back of strong net inflows. Perpetual Chairman, Robert Savage, said he expected the growth story to continue well through this year and into calendar year 2007. ...