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Speed bumps to annuities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
Existing government rules on certain retirement products are stifling growth and innovation in annuities - affecting how super funds can address longevity risk, according to a Towers Watson report. Under the current tax and the age pension means test ...

No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
"I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down..." - "I Get Knocked Down", Chumbawamba Well, well, what do you know Deuce Bigalow? The biggest drop in the equity markets so far this year now looks like one nice dip buying ...

Investors in line for Fincorp payout

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
More than 5000 investors look set to be compensated for their losses from Fincorp Investments, after the Federal Court of Australia authorised the release of details of the compensation scheme. A proposed multi-million dollar settlement that will include ...

Keep advice a simple business: BTFG

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
Trust and understanding the simplicity of the advice business is the key to surviving FOFA, according to Mark Spiers, general manager of advice, BT Financial Group. Adviser are anxious around the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) but Spiers said despite ...

Capitalism killed Mars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011

Mason Stevens signs dealer group MAs

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
Managed accounts provider Mason Stevens has signed 12 dealer groups to its services, joining the fray of MA providers that are proving popular among financial advisers. Currently, there is an enormous amount of interest in managed accounts from right ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar was flat at noon, as investors take profits on recent gains. At 1200 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 100.69 US cents, little changed from Tuesday's local close of 100.68 US cents. Since 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, it has ...

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
China's economy is overheating that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) had been tightening monetary policy in order to keep inflation under control. The US economy is not growing fast enough - and measured inflation has, thus far, remained benign - that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar was higher at noon, as Japan's central bank pumped more cash into the currency market. At 1200 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 100.42 US cents, up from Monday's local close of 100.20 US cents. Since 0700 AEDT on Tuesday ...

Blue-collar workers shun advice: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
A study found that a segment of the Australian population is more likely to fall prey to dodgy financial products because it is 'not their nature' to seek professional financial advice. In a study conducted late last year, "Unemployed and struggling ...