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TPD insurance review closes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... insurance sold through super funds, a review that some funds believe could increase member insurance premiums. The rapid fire inquiry was called in June following concerns that administration and compliance requirements were unnecessarily adding to fund ...

Super the nation's best money aggregator

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Super funds aggregate wealth better than the stock market and it's time the nation harnessed that firepower, said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management. Speaking at an IFM superannuation forum yesterday, Weaven said it's the job of trustees ...

Sunsuper adds fireworks to marketing push

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
In line with its strategy to raise brand awareness, Sunsuper has signed up as the naming rights sponsor of Riverfire, the fireworks spectacular to announce the opening of the Brisbane Festival in September. The fund's sponsorship program is an integral ...

Planners eye SMSF property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... gains. Trustees are currently not allowed to renovate properties, nor would they be able to rebuild one if it were lost in a fire or a flood. "The ATO, APRA and the Treasury are currently considering this and we hope to get some clarification and softening ...

Accountants attack planners over naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
An industry turf war has erupted after accountants said they want the Federal Government to dump adviser requests to restrict the term 'financial planner'. The National Institute of Accountants (NIA) fired the first shots yesterday, saying moves to ...

Yikes the ECB hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... inflation expectations "anchored" to its 2 per cent target ceiling. The bank would not be held hostage or cowered into holding fire because of the lingering crisis in the Eurozone periphery. The ECB believes that its recent move - along with individual ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... vulnerability assessment after blasts rocked Moamar Gaddafi's Tripoli compound this morning. As explosions and anti-aircraft fire rocked the Libyan capital, brent crude prices rose to US$114.86 per barrel. Sustained high oil prices potentially affect ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... record 15 trillion Monday to soothe markets and ensure firms can access cash. But sentiment was tempered by news of a fresh fire at the plant northeast of Tokyo and white clouds billowing from one of the reactors, while the government said it had temporarily ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... slumped on Tuesday with Tokyo shedding more than 10 per cent as Japan's nuclear crisis deepened after two more blasts and a fire at an atomic power plant. Eyes were on the troubled Fukushima No.1 complex where four reactors had suffered explosions. The ...

T. Rowe Price to expand Aus equities team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
The local arm of global fund manager T. Rowe Price is on a hiring spree, with plans to recruit three Australian equities analysts ahead of its launch of a domestic equities product later this year. T. Rowe Price today appointed Viral Patel, formerly ...