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New tool to benchmark personal financials

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
A new online service called Wealth benchmarks will make it possible to benchmark and compare individual financial information, including salary, mortgage, net worth and superannuation. Wealth benchmarks is set to be rolled out early in 2007 and will ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower on a negative lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0920 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down six points at 5,468. In corporate news today, the details of a proposed ...

Awards to recognise the best in life insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life have launched the Life Insurance Company of the Year Product and Service Quality Awards 2006. The awards will be held annually and will recognise the top pranked life insurance companies ...

Plum treads its own path past $8b

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
Plum Financial Services has just passed $8 billion in funds under administration, the business putting its success down to a focus on member retirement outcomes and the incorporation of behavioural finance into product development. Managing director ...

Plan your pre-nup: HLB Mann Judd

In an age where many couples are living together before marriage or delaying their wedding date, accounting firm HLB Mann Judd said a pre-nuptial agreement (pre-nup) is a must. "People tend to associate pre-nuptial or co-habitation agreements with the ...

Devote 20 per cent or more to direct property: ADPIA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
The Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) said investors should be allocating at least 20 per cent of their portfolios to direct property. An analysis of asset class performance data for the last 10 and 20 years, undertaken by Atchison ...

Ex-FAI financial controller sentenced

Antony Boulden, 42, a former financial controller of the corporate and professional insurance division of FAI General Insurance Company (FAIG), was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment to be served by periodic detention. Boulden was sentenced after earlier ...

VFMC to take investments in-house

The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is set to review all of its externally managed investments and move as many as possible in-house, part of a new strategy spearheaded by the group's recently appointed chief investment officer, Leo de ...

ING's OneAnswer strides past $15b

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
ING's OneAnswer platform has broken through the $15 billion barrier thanks to increased flows spurred on by reduced fees and improved product options. In the five years since launching OneAnswer has grown to be among the top platforms in terms of funds ...

Anti-phishing industry code needed

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
Banks may have to abandon email as a customer communication method unless an industry-wide code of practice for electronic communications is designed. Neil Campbell, chief executive officer of network security firm Network Box, said it is unfair of ...