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Wait and see with annuities: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN | MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006

Despite some doomsayers predicting that the end was nigh for annuities after the May Federal Budget, Navigator has urged those with an annuity product to adopt a wait and see approach. The proposed Budget changes include the abolition of the reasonable ...

Govt recommends 3 per cent super top-up for under 40s

The Federal Government has made a series of recommendations in a bid to improve the superannuation savings of people aged under 40, including raising the current 9 per cent compulsory super contribution by 3 per cent. The House of Representatives Committee ...

BNPPSS zooms in on Asian opportunities

KATE HAGE | MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006

... clients a more efficient way of evaluating risk and simplifies reporting. "Then the next step for us is in improved automatic trade processing, it is something we plan to roll out very soon and it will enable our clients almost completely automated services ...

Count takes stock of SMSF and reverse mortgages

... creating and updating client SMSF data and reduce client fees. "The SUPERCENTRAL service includes establishment and automatic updates of the client's SMSF deed, so changes to super legislation or SMSF rules will no longer require the adviser to make ...

Fees are going up, but it wasn't meant to be

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006

... confirms that simple funds have costs that are 50-70 per cent lower than complex funds. And simple funds don't need automatic bundling of advisers support, which in turn lowers their distributions costs. So being not for profit helps, but it's not central. ...

Count licensees sign on for DMS

KATE HAGE | FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2006

Count Financial Limited (Count) AFS licensed employees will now use a program put out by Dealer Management System (DMS), which is designed to integrate software planning tools together with business management requirements. Count's senior executive ...

HFA trading off and racing

HAMISH MADDEN | FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006

Shares in HFA Holdings Ltd began conditional trading at noon today after parent company MFS concluded its successful initial public offer (IPO). MFS will retain a 38.7 per cent stake in HFA and managing director of MFS, Philip Adams, said the healthy ...

Labor launches 6-point super plan

KATE HAGE | TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006

... 10 years. Beazley said that rather than people having to "opt in" to chase down lost super, Labor will have a default automatic rolling system allowing people to "opt out". In a bid to make the industry communicate more simply with consumers, Beazley ...

ASIC shadow shopping: the good, the bad and the ugly

The much-anticipated shadow shopping survey conducted by ASIC post-choice has revealed that around 80 per cent of financial advisers gave 'reasonable advice' or better, but an unacceptably high 20 per cent made consumers worse-off. And that is just ...

ASIC launches TAP calculator

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a new term allocated pension (TAP) calculator to assist in retirement planning, while at the same time upgrading its superannuation calculator. The TAP calculator will be relevant ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:33PM

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA | 11:56AM

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI | 11:09AM

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA | 12:20PM

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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