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You are how you spend, not your age

... long as their purchase suits their lifestyle aims and values. Then there are the Traditionals, those who are price-driven, love to bargain and stingy with their money. "What our research uncovered is that consumer behaviour consistently defies most conventional ...

RetireInvest to focus on aged care

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
RetireInvest is deepening its presence in the aged care advice space, forming alliances to offer financial advice to prospective aged care residents. An alliance with Mackenzie Aged Care Group will see their potential residents being offered financial ...

CommInsure rolls out sweeping upgrades - free of charge

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
... in any way, shape or form on any of your policies. Now that is the first time I've been able to say that and I absolutely love it." The changes canvass the whole suite of CommInsure products, including improvements in child cover, personal and business ...

Challenger re-invents distribution team

Funds management group Challenger has announced that senior managers in its distribution team will be shuffling chairs, in line with the company's continued growth push. NSW state manager, Mark Burgess, will move to the newly created role of head of ...

Mirvac to build houses for golf lovers

Property giant Mirvac Group has signed up an acquisition and development agreement to develop a $120 million residential block overlooking the Greg Norman-designed Brookwater Golf Course near Brisbane. The masterplan proposal is still subject to planning ...

Reverse mortgages require proper planning: IAA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2006
... reverse mortgages, said Steve Schubert, director of actuarial and benefits at Russell Employee Benefits, is they harness the love affair most Australians have with property. But because the family home is integral to the wealth of most consumers, it ...

Tread carefully in listed property: Perennial

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2006
... undergo refurbishments. And that's a lot of capital expenditure - in the order of $100-$300 million." Highlighting Australia's love affair with property, Hayes said that as a small country we were punching well above our weight with the amount of capital ...

All is fair in love and bankruptcy

Small business mums and dads will be the worst affected by the new bankruptcy rule that allows bankruptcy trustees to take away the family home even if only one spouse goes bankrupt, regardless of who paid what for the property. Geoff McDonald, barrister ...

MERs out of date and disclosure still an ordeal: Westbrook

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2006
... environmental changes, but signalled some factors impeding the industry. Notably, disclosure. He told attendees who he would "love to" be able to communicate with his members in a common sense and to the point way. "But my compliance people won't let ...

Daily economic update

... per cent of GDP and it averaged 6.5 per cent of GDP in 2005. The magnitude of this deficit is unsustainable. Given the US' love affair with cheap imports the deficit is likely to increase rather than contract going forward. This is negative for US interest ...