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Centric to improve the health of doctors

HAMISH MADDEN | MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007

... diligent, while the healthy incomes enjoyed by many doctors lured them into a state of confidence that their financial affairs would take care of themselves. Many owned homes and "lifestyle assets", said Cooke, but these alone were not enough to ensure ...

Baby boomers in good shape

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2007

... acceptable - investment risk," he said. "They can also take advantage of government concessions and structure their financial affairs to pay less tax, as well as downsize their family homes to re-balance their savings to more liquid financial assets. ...

Reverse mortgages not for inexperienced advisers

HAMISH MADDEN | FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006

... financial planner, and planners as a whole need to attain higher benchmark standards in order to manage the entire financial affairs of their clients. That is the message David Williams, general manager of Diversified Portfolio Managers, wanted to get ...

Consumers more than happy with advisers

HAMISH MADDEN | THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006

... "Interestingly, there is strong demand for advisers to play a bigger role in assisting Australians to manage their financial affairs through various life stages. "This includes financial advice related to key life events such as moving house and changing ...

Pensioners call for 13 per cent more council tax rebate: CPSA

... called on the government to increase council rate rebate by 13 per cent and said councils should manage their financial affairs properly instead of hiking up council rates to stump costs. "Comments by the chairman of an inquiry into local government ...

Australian financial services globally competitive: Axiss

... domestic product (GDP), the Axiss report again affirms that Australia continues to fight above its weight in world financial affairs. The domestic finance and insurance sectors were in particular highlighted as big Australian wealth generators, creating ...

REST teams up with Money Solutions to provide financial advice

... general advice and personal advice." "This service will enable members to get started in taking control of their financial affairs and empower them in their long term planning," he adds. Chief executive with Money Solutions Virginia Dowd says, "This ...

Queensland government criticised over moves to stop choice

AAP | THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2005

... said the government was denying those Queenslanders working under state awards the right to manage their own financial affairs. "While other states are opening up and giving people more choice in terms of who should manage superannuation, Queensland ...

Fewer investors want professional help

... share market and increasing interest in superannuation, which are driving consumers' to take control o their own financial affairs." The number of people wanting to invest over the Internet was flat at seven per cent. The Internet was primarily used ...

GPS Lite makes light work of communication channels for super trustees

... simple superannuation calculation to making structured financial decisions within the context of their overall financial affairs." He believes the strength of the system is that it is not product driven. GPS Lite can be offered to members at a cost of ...

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Aware Super reshapes governance team, appoints chief risk officer

VINNY VUCAGO

Aware Super has announced a leadership reshuffle, appointing a new chief risk officer amid the departure of its long-serving group executive of legal.

IFM lifts stake in Atlas Arteria to 40% after upping offer price

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

IFM Investors has raised its stake in Atlas Arteria from 34.5% to 38.3% in an on-market stock purchase, just a day after it raised its offer price for the toll road operator to $5.10 per security.

Zenith bolsters research, investment capabilities with new hires

MATTHEW WAI

Zenith has announced two senior appointments to strengthen its research and portfolio management divisions.

Regulators push for stronger stress-testing capability, resilience

KARREN VERGARA

The ability to remain resilient and manage liquidity pressures amid severe, multi-dimensional stress scenarios is an area of focus that APRA and ASIC want superannuation funds to improve.

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