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Start saving for education early: Lifeplan

... this case is that the full tax benefit is not received. However, there are no penalty fees or defaulting of earnings or anything like that," said Walsh. The minimum investment is $1,000 with a limit of $350,000 per child. The savings plan can be set ...

S&P downgrades Aust Unity insurance

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
... agency. "I would expect that S&P would look at how it comes together and that it beds down successfully. I don't see anything in that, other than a business as usual approach from the ratings agency. "Calliden is a young insurer, and rating agencies ...

People to power advice of the future

... to communication, according to Business Health's Bell. "Less than one in two Australian financial planners ask clients anything," he said, pointing to a fundamental problem in client communication that needs to be addressed, and saying that advisers ...

Skandia parts ways with Mercer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... website. Papendieck said that, "They aren't things that Intech do, so that's a service that they'll continue to supply, and anything else that pops up, or that they can supply along those lines, we're happy to hear about those as well." As part of the ...

Economic round-up: dust off the bear suit

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... liquidity. Draaisma believes, "people could be in for a rude awakening" and that possible triggers of a correction could be anything from a widening of credit spreads or a decision by the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates. Morgan Stanley's position ...

ING launches new research arm

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... independent status, Callinan said. "We don't want to rush it and get a lot of clients or be another Morningstar or van Eyke or anything like that. We do not want to compromise what we already do for our clients. So any external would be very softly s ...

Private equity redefines mum-and-dad investing

... concluded that many of the views bandied around, particularly that private equity is bad in the long term, is incorrect. "If anything, the existence of an alternative to the traditional listed vehicle should be greeted as positive for economic efficiency," ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... the market there have been little improvements in a divergence of stocks, it could be fair to say." "There hasn't been anything too dramatic as the market has done really much, a light steady lead with the US and we've gone with that trend." In the news ...

ARIA appoints Exec of the Year as new deputy CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... funds, we've already got better than 25% of the fund in alternatives already," he said. "The appointment doesn't flag anything, and as I said, he will obviously be contributor, but he doesn't have a specific role in that regard."

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... for longer-term concern. "Markets can't go up in a straight line," Mr Bishop said. "I don't think this is indicative of anything." However, he said a cynic might say the market usually turns over and yawns after a budget. "Having said that, I didn't ...