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CommInsure expands income protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
CommInsure has come up with a new product that takes income protection one step further, paying totally and permanently disabled clients a 100% of their income. While traditionally insurance companies only pay 75% of income in these cases, CommeInsure ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Wow! That's the only expression one could make when one saw the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the state of the country's labour market. Wow indeed for the Australian economy added more than seven times the 10,000 workers economists ...

Stanford Brown tops Genesys awards

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
Stanford Brown Financial Advisers has collected the top honours at this year's Genesys Wealth Advisers Awards, which aim to celebrate excellence in financial planning. The North Sydney-based financial advisers picked up both the Member Firm of the Year ...

Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
I don't know if you're feeling what I'm feeling but I feel that the S&P 500 index is being quite a tease the past few days. While the Dow just went and did it - broken its record - the S&P 500 continues in flirt mode, heading towards it but not really ...

Managed accounts set for an overhaul

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
For the first time in nine years, the country's financial services regulator is placing the managed accounts sector through a comprehensive review, addressing grey areas and fixing major drawbacks that have long derailed the sector's growth. Institutions ...

CORRECTION: Unfair 2-and-20 fees cast shadow over future of VCs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Venture capital and private equity fund managers face the prospect of missing out on high-scale superannuation asset allocation mandates if the sector continues to charge "outperformance" fees despite non-performance. In the world of superannuation ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
I'm an Aussie and I'll cry if I want to. I'll cry if I want to, I'll cry if I want to. My good pal, Alex 'yes we can' Dunnin - Rainmaker's Director of Editorial & Research - emailed me yesterday Malcolm Maiden's piece in the Sydney Morning Herald titled ...

Media Super to add corporate funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Industry superannuation fund Media Super has put together a team to develop its new consolidation strategy focused on attracting corporate funds with members who work in media. Media Super acting CEO Michael Rooney said the team has identified eight ...

Strong returns help UniSuper stave off benefit review

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Recovering capital markets boosting UniSuper's investment returns have helped to lift the solvency funding ratios of the fund's defined benefit division - enough for the trustee to defer a decision on reviewing member benefits. While the trustee is ...

Debt free and dividend rich: Fiducian

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Listed financial services provider Fiducian Portfolio Services has posted consolidated profit after tax for the half-year to December of $1.69 million, in a period that saw the company wrap up its two-year long system upgrade and acquisitions. This ...