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Super fund leaps into life stage insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
Corporate superannuation fund Aon Master Trust is set to launch a pro-active campaign to ensure its members have appropriate insurance cover for their stage of life. From July 1, members of the $2 billion fund whose life cycle hits a specific trigger ...

All clear for a bail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
All seems to be clear on the western front today. The sun is shining, the sky is blue (even here in Melbourne) and everything looks hunky-dory, thanks very much. There was a kind of hush all over the world last night - hush over the tragedy that is ...

Franklin Templeton acquires Balanced Equity, plans new fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
Franklin Templeton Investments has agreed to acquire Australian equities manager Balanced Equity Management and plans to launch a new fund available to retail and institutional investors. The deal transforms Franklin Templeton Australia from a $7bn ...

European authorities will blink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... calm on financial markets overnight. Wall Street reversed early losses and closed higher. European stocks still ended in the red but on lower negatives than when their opening bell tingled. These because, according to AAP with BusinessDay, "...Luxembourg's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 13.18 points, or 0.50 per cent, to 2,629.66 points. All three indices opened in the red, but quickly turned positive as market participants became optimistic that the Greek government would survive a confidence ...

Count says advisers worried about IOOF offer

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
Independent financial advisers may have an issue with institutional ownership under the proposed IOOF takeover of DKN Financial Group, a major shareholder of the takeover target said today. Count Financial chief executive Andrew Gale said regulatory ...

Policy war erupts over super clearing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... $50 million to employee superannuation funds." The minister said the Government started the service a year ago to solve the red tape created for small business by the former Coalition Government's introduction of superannuation choice of fund in 2005. ...

The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
In case you missed it, former US Federal Reserve Alan 'el maestro' Greenspan has just declared Greece dead - well, almost. No way out. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Greenspan declared that the "chances of Greece not defaulting are very ...

Tax strategies from ATO, Cavendish

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has cautioned investors when creating a tax effective strategy, warning of the hidden consequences of new investment arrangements. The ATO has issued a new guide, Understanding tax effective investments, in a bid ...

Guardian join AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Suncorp-owned dealer group Guardian Financial Planning has joined the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Licensee Partnership Program, adding to its 7,000 adviser base. Guardian has around 150 authorised representatives with more than 130,000 clients ...