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Super fund fees are dropping: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
A research report just released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) confirms that super fund fees, especially contribution fees, are dropping. The report, Monitoring Superannuation Fees and Costs October 2005 to June 2006 ...

Report your breach online: APRA

Superannuation licensees can no longer use the excuse that "it's in the mail" or that the "line was engaged" when reporting a license breach after the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) launched an online 'Superannuation Breach Notification' ...

Build websites around users not IT teams

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
Financial services firms investing in new websites, software or other digital services risk lost customers and cost blow-outs if they don't test the new services with actual users. Theresa Cunnington, senior usability consultant at iFocus, said, "Technology ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open slightly higher following the fall in oil prices that has boosted Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 07322 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down three points at 5,432. Today ...

Broker gets jail term for forgery

A former options advisor and stockbroker has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison on 27 forgery charges and for trading $1.28 million worth of his clients' shares without their knowledge. In a case bearing some resemblance to the now infamous ...

The manager matters in private equity: Unigestion

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
With all the noise around private equity, many institutional investors are all ears for how they can jump aboard the PE freight train. European buyout specialist Unigestion has highlighted some of the distinct opportunity sets for Australian investors ...

MIAA set for a new name

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
The Mortgage Industry Association of Australia (MIAA) is set to change its name to reflect the evolving nature of the industry and the different areas of financial services its members are now active in. Phil Naylor, chief executive officer of the MIAA ...

Investec measures value of advice

Investec Private Advisers is working on an ambitious plan to give clients automated reports that quantify how much Investec's financial advice adds, or subtracts, to the overall investment returns of their clients. The group's senior executive Robert ...

Noonan replaces Wason on CBUS board

CBUS director George Wason has been replaced on the fund board by fellow Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) official Dave Noonan, following an election held last week. The decision came amid reports in the Canberra Times of a Federal ...

CommSec launches over-the-counter CFDs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
CommSec has announced the launch of a new over-the-counter contracts for difference (CFD) product to meet the needs of investors hungry for more CFD trading opportunities. Matt Comyn, CommSec general manager, said the new CommSec CFD offering would ...