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La Trobe mortgage fund gets "Strong" rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
The La Trobe Australian Mortgage Fund has been awarded a "Strong" rating from Australia Ratings. In its first rating from Australia Ratings, A the rating was given due to a number of operational components, performance, financial adequacy and stability ...

Millinium Australian equity income fund receives rating

STAFF REPORTER  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Millinium Capital Managers' MSF Dividend Income Option has received an "A" rating from van Eyk Research in its Australian Equities Income Review. The Fund has been a stand-out performer in the Australian equity space, returning 39.2% over the 12 months ...

Retiree confidence in super on the rise

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
Retirees' confidence in superannuation as a source of income is on the rise, according to a new report by National Seniors Australia and Challenger. The Second Seniors Sentiment Index found that retirees' confidence in super rose by more than 17% between ...

Centrepoint makes four key appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... national manager of Life Insurance, a head of Research and a regional manager for Queensland and northern New South Wales. Neil Rogan is the new head of Distribution Strategy and Marketing for Centrepoint, which owns Professional Investment Services ...

Platinum's Neilson backs Japan in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

La Trobe launches SMSF loan product

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
Credit Specialist La Trobe Financial has launched a new self-managed super fund (SMSF) loan product, allowing borrowers to buy residential, retail, commercial or rural property. La Trobe said launched the new product, which offers finance at 5.6%, in ...

Cochrane picks up FSS board role

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
Former REST Superannuation chief executive Neil Cochrane is set to become chairman of the First State Super (FSS) Trustee Corporation (FTC) board, after the departure of Thomas Parry in 2014. Parry, who has provided 14 years of service to the FTC will ...

Pension rule changes to benefit 740,000

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
More than 740,000 Australian pensioners will have extra money in their pockets as a result of the lowering of the social security deeming rates from 4 November 2013, Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrew said. The deeming rate will decrease to 2% ...

La Trobe calls to end home loan risk fees

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
Risk fees charged by some non-bank lenders on home loans offer no benefits to consumers and should be stopped, according to La Trobe Financial chief executive Greg O'Neill. Risk fees, or equalisation fees as they are sometimes known, appeared as an ...

FPA confronts advisers with their worst nightmare

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... thing that horrified me is that there was nothing in writing, no statement of advice, nothing," Tupicoffs managing director Neil Kendall said. Kendall took over the woman's case and was able to recover some of the money. "The planner belonged to a listed ...