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Fund budget surplus with cuts to super tax breaks: Treasury

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012

Superannuation needs change: Keating

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
Australia could use a government-run longevity insurance fund to help provide a better retirement to people who are living longer, said former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Speaking today at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) ...

Understand borrowing laws warns ATO

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
Be careful when investing in property, the Australian Tax Office warned self managed super fund trustees yesterday. People might be using their DYI super fund to invest in property without actually understanding borrowing laws, said acting commissioner ...

CommSec consolidates adviser services

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
CommSec has combined its Core Equity Services and Colonial Geared Investments brands under a new umbrella brand, CommSec Adviser Services. "We are excited by this change as it will enable us to further integrate our products and better support our clients," ...

New MD for Plum Financial Services

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
Lara Bourguignon has been appointed Managing Director of Plum Financial Services. Plum, which is part of National Australia Bank's wealth division, is a corporate superannuation provider. It has around $14 billion in committed funds. Bourguignon will ...

UK becoming OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012

Six year ban for mortgage broker

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
Sydney-based mortgage broker Athol Halvorsen, has been banned from providing financial services for six years after ASIC found he had engaged in false and misleading conduct. ASIC found that while Halvorsen worked for Sydney Mortgage Market, from 2005 ...

Suncorp and Bendigo jump on hybrid demand

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Listed insurance company Suncorp is one of the latest to tap into investor demand for high yields with the launch of a $350 million Tier 1 hybrid offer this week. The insurance giant said that the money raised from the hybrids which are called Convertible ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... 0.31 per cent to 6,971.07 points and in Paris the CAC 40 edged up 0.02 per cent to 3,433.21 points. US stocks also reversed gear in midday trading with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.49 per cent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rising 0.40 per cent. ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... the US economy. Employment was better than the 100K expected. Yippee! But this is not enough to shift growth into higher gear and reduce unemployment - the jobless rate rose to 8.3% in July from 8.2% in the previous month. The July jobs data is the best ...