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CommInsure rolls out sweeping upgrades - free of charge

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
CommInsure yesterday set about breaking away from its peers with significant - and free - product upgrades, citing a commitment to further strategic change. Introducing the "Perfect Mix" round of upgrades to a room of financial advisers, Jeffrey Scott ...

Costs of multiple super too hard to address: max Super

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
Confirming the worst, research by max Super has revealed that over one-third of Australians have multiple super accounts which could see them missing out on $60,000 in retirement. The recent max Super survey found that more than 38 per cent of Australians ...

Accountants to investigate investment scheme

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
Investigative accountants have been appointed to examine an Intertax managed investment scheme after a court application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The Intertax Group, of which David Palmer, Max Collins and Philip ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
The share market should open stronger today after a sharp fall in crude oil prices led to gains on Wall Street overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 36 points to 4933.0 at 0712 AEST. Today the Westpac-Melbourne ...

Cutting super benefit taxes affordable: IAA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
Despite complaints from some industry experts that the Budget tax reforms were unaffordable, the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAA) has released research arguing the proposals will have only a minimal impact on government revenues. "The apparent ...

Praemium adds NSW head of sales

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2006
Listed portfolio administration provider Praemium has announced the appointment of a state manager for New South Wales and ACT on the back of a national expansion strategy. The group, which listed on the ASX in May, has appointed Nat Fiennes, whose ...

Another Elm associate banned by ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a financial adviser associated with the failed Elm Financial Services group for three years for his part in convincing a couple to invest $1 million in a failed product. Sydney adviser ...

ME-IFS merger just the end of the beginning: Weaven

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
The merger of Members Equity (ME) and Industry Funds Services (IFS) might be the beginning of the end for IFS, but for industry funds it's just the end of the beginning. Garry Weaven, IFS chair and now director of ME, said at a function marking the ...

Westpac warned for misleading advertising

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
Westpac Banking Corporation has been rapped over the knuckles and will review its advertising after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deemed an advertising campaign misleading. The problem centres around an advertising campaign ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2006
The stock market is expected to open lower, following sharp falls on offshore markets overnight amid worries over North Korea's test-firing of missiles. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 41 points to 5051 ...