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He's just a man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Financial markets celebrated the death of the most wanted man in America - Osama bin Laden. And if you believe the insta-blogs on cyberspace, it's all because Osama's death (martyrdom to others) put a huge dint on terrorism - or something like that. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... first-quarter results yet to be published. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mostly positive on Monday following news of the death of Osama bin Laden. Tokyo closed above 10,000 points on the back of a strengthening greenback amid optimism Wall Street shares ...

New SMSF course on offer

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... experience between them, will be teaching the course. The largest topics to be covered are estate planning, tax issues including death and disablement and in-house assets. "We will be covering the full cross-section of SMSF issues," Busoli said. Busoli ...

Ansett trustees make a move

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... will be distributed to the 11,000 members. The Ansett Residual Superannuation Fund was created in 2004 to pay outstanding death and disablement claims before distributing the remaining assets to members and to ensure members with unresolved claims were ...

Life insurance consuming dormant super fund balances

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... fees for duplicate coverage. Richard Weatherhead, director of Rice Warner, said 26 per cent of all dormant super funds had death cover while 81 per cent of active accounts had the insurance. While beneficiaries could claim on more than one policy, Weatherhead ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... Libyan rebels rejected any ceasefire that doesn't include deposing the despot. Of course they wouldn't, unless they have a death wish. Been there, done that! There's news out of Europe concerning Portugal. Lisbon officials are meeting with a delegation ...

Funds to talk insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... cover. Green told the conference, organised by the Financial Services Council, that although mortality rates were flattening, death claims were rising because historically many people were totally unaware they could claim. "Group insurance is an effective ...

Adviser remuneration debate sparks fly

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... translate to much higher superannuation balances and significantly better protection against the financial impact of early death, disablement and serious illness," said Brad Fox, national president of AFA. However the difficulty in demonstrating long ...

Equipsuper launches 'clever' insurance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... automatically get salary continuance cover, although they can opt out. For existing members, Equipsuper will roll current death and TPD cover up to the next nearest higher multiple of their salary and prior to June 1 2011, may accept applications for ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... Bahrain. So much so that it wouldn't be an understatement to declare that investor confidence had been shattered - stabbed to death like Caesar. Investors hate uncertainty... and this is one big helluva uncertainty. According to Japan Nuclear's website ...