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Collectible nightmare just an SMSF bad dream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... other vehicles such as Harley Davidson motorcycles, or trucks." "To specifically name assets creates confusion as there are a big list of other assets not included." According to the SMSF Academy, collectable assets represent 0.1 per cent of the $430 ...

BT Investment Management wins $61m mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... Asset Management (AAM) is part of the Westpac Group along with BT Investment Management which is 60 per cent owned by the Big Four bank. But Advance Asset Management's head of investment solutions Patrick Farrell said they were assessed by the same criteria ...

Australian Unity possible merger

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
Australian Unity and Big Sky Credit Union are exploring a merger option that would potentially create a 310,000 member strong union. Having signed a heads of agreement, the organisations senior executives and directors have formed an evaluation committee ...

Super funds bidding to stem insurance shortfall

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... There is also a move towards more online options and a focus on making the entire insurance process more straightforward. "The big change that we're seeing from a group insurance perspective, through super funds is just the real focus around their whole ...

Superpartners adds risk expert to board

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... services, insurance, health, education, contract management and utilities. The complex nature of the superannuation sector was a big draw, said Kelsall. "It's something new with lots of issues as superannuation is currently in such a state of change. ...

Super the nation's best money aggregator

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... better than the stock market," he said. "It enables people to behave as if they are richest people on earth. No deal is too big. We can get the best advisers." In a warning to sectors of the superannuation industry that are not aggressively pursuing ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... fresh ones out overnight cannot - in any way - be lost in translation. It's therefore not surprising to see Wall Street drop big time. The Dow ended down by 1.5 per cent, The S&P 500 slipped by 1.7 per cent and the Nasdaq nudged down by 1.8 per cent. ...

Making the data fit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Not that I'm complaining -- but what just happened to Wall Street last night? As far as I'm concerned, the latest economic releases were the stuff sell-offs are made of but nay, nein, nyet - they stamped a buy on equities and commodities. Asia, Europe ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... while Rio was off 91 cents, or 1.1 per cent, at $79.29, and Fortescue was eight cents weaker, by 1.3 per cent, at $6.24. The big retail banks were mostly in the red, too. ANZ was three cents lower at $21.50, CBA was flat at $49.59, NAB was 17 cents weaker ...

The seventh week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday, happy birthday Happy birthday to you! For all the Republicans out there, celebrating 'our' Queen's birthday - and having Monday off for this - has handed another point for the Monarchist. Long ...