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Super too complex to handle

MICHELLE BALTAZAR IS A MEDIA GUEST AT THE SECURITY ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ADELAIDE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
Relentless tinkering in superannuation rules has made the art of saving through super more like rocket science, driving many investors to make choices that could damage their financial health. Bryan Ashenden, head of technical consulting at Westpac-owned ...

Fin Simplicity upgrades software

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
Financial Simplicity's Enterprise Edition now allows financial planners to adjust portfolios simultaneously across all clients and produce client documents quickly. The latest release of the software means planners can create customised portfolio review ...

OneVue and BGL to white label UMA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
OneVue and BGL Corporate Solutions have teamed up to develop a unified managed account (UMA) for Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) advisers. Both companies plan to white label the product to other financial advice dealer groups. The service ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
The Australian has received generally positive leads from overnight trading offshore, with Wall Street up marginally, precious metals higher, and European markets flat to higher. Oil and base metal copper were lower, however. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Can fee-for-service insurance advice work?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
It is still too early to conclude that commissions-based insurance advice is affordable for the general public but two planning groups show that it can work for certain segments of the market. This month, MLC-owned planning group Godfrey Pembroke announced ...

HUB24 wins Sentry mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
Sentry Group has appointed HUB24 to provide Unified Managed Accounts (UMA) for the dealership's 330 planners. Sentry is the first national dealer group client of HUB24, according to a press statement. Commenting on the appointment, Sentry chief executive ...

Strong one, says yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
The minutes of the US Federal Reserve's 16 March meeting spelled the reasons for the FOMC's decision to keep the fed funds rate unchanged at 0-0.25 per cent. "While recent data pointed to a noticeable pickup in the pace of consumer spending during the ...

Former NSW Treasury deputy secretary to head RBF-Tas

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
RBF-Tasmania has appointed former NSW Treasury deputy secretary, Philip Mussared, as its new chief executive. He replaces Simon Gillies who has led the fund for the past five years. Mussared spent the past four years in NSW Treasury, and prior to that ...

Prime Super boosts insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
Prime Super has increased its insurance cover for members, slashed premiums and introduced online underwriting in its latest round of improvements. The fund, which had over $1 billion in funds under management at the end of September last year according ...

Paradox of thrift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
So what happened to the post-Easter elation on Wall Street? It appears that it has been flushed down the gurgler like the Easter eggs that were consumed days before. Remember how the US payrolls report was spun favourably despite coming in worse than ...