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Re-financing of aged care announced

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... of costs for aged care - ranging from 100% for low income pensioners and down to around 75% for the more affluent. A "'lifetime stop-loss limit '' of $60,000 is proposed, after which the government would step in to pay for aged care. The report recommends ...

Planners unprepared for second stage clients

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... Trustees (EQT) is in negotiations with planning practice, Paragon Care, to acquire its aged care services businesses, Lifetime Planning and Tender Living Care, for around $1.6 million. The move is indicitive of EQT's prediction that the planning industry ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... for its 'Future-proof your retirement' campaign. It also bagged the best innovation of the year award for its Liquid Lifetime Annuities. Australian Super's Brook Carter and Paul Schroder picked up awards for marketer of the year (superannuation) and ...

Retail funds want more super access

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... available under most awards." "We are naturally disappointed that many of our applications were rejected." AMP Flexible Lifetime Super is the largest retail superannuation product with $19.7 billion in funds under management and 870,000 members according ...

Super funds returns on upwards trend

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... balanced options) over the 12 months to May were WA Local Govt Super with 10.9%, AMIST with 10.3%, AustralianSuper and BT Lifetime both with 9.8%, and HESTA with 9.7%. Fund members who have their money in share options in their super funds might even ...

Labor moves to justify super existence

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten set out to justify the whole idea. In a speech titled 'The Goal of Lifetime Income Security' Shorten highlighted the successful economic period between July 1992 and June 2003 when the super guarantee ...

Equity Trustees makes aged care bid

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... provide post-retirement solutions with the acquisition of two aged care services businesses from Paragon Care. The sale of Lifetime Planning and Tender Living Care is due to be completed by the end of July with Equity Trustees paying around $1.5 million ...

Proposed tough planner rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... such situations as Storm Financial and Trio Capital, planners may potentially face fines of up to a million dollars and lifetime bans for breaches of new regulations. In response to the proposed changes, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has ...

AMP targets lost super to attract members

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... initially available on the Flexible Super product but is now available for customers of SignatureSuper, CustomSuper, Flexible Lifetime Super, Eligible Rollover Fund and Retirement Savings Account.

AMP/AXA promises best of both worlds

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... next two years to develop a new retail insurance product range that is a mix of the best qualities of the AMP Flexible Lifetime Protection and AXA's Elevate insurance offerings. Importantly, it is AXA's North platform that will be the core wrap product ...