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Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell slightly following a mixed US jobs report and as investors awaited Greece's weekend referendum over its economic fate. At 0805 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures ...

mFund doubles size in 6 months

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
The ASX's mFund platform doubled its funds under management in the last six months and has just added a fixed income high yield fund. Bentham Asset Management High Yield Fund is the latest addition to mFund Settlement Service. The platform has now 95 ...

David Koch joins forces with Adviser Ratings

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
Sunrise co-host David Koch has become a shareholder in financial adviser review service Adviser Ratings. The Adviser Ratings platform lets consumers search, compare and review their financial advisers, and was recently revamped to make use of the data ...

Australian Defence Force offered super fund choice

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
From July next year people who join the Australian Defence Force (ADF) will receive an employer superannuation contribution of 16.4% regardless of the super fund they choose. This forms part of legislation introduced by the federal government last month ...

Challenger enters strategic partnership with Janus

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
Challenger has sold its 25% stake in Kapstream Capital to Janus Capital, entering a strategic partnership with Janus in the process. Challenger chief executive Brian Benari said that the sale "opens the door for further long-term strategic collaboration ...

A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
There's a certain sense of insouciance in the financial markets despite the expected unexpected happened - Greece defaulted on its 30 June deadline to repay the a,-1.5 billion it owes the IMF - and depending on what happens on the 5th of this month ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on US and European markets after news that Greece had sought a new bailout package. At 0809 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down three points at 5,475. In ...

Forward-thinking advisers benefit from opt-in deadline

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
ASIC's "facilitative approach" to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) opt-in and fee disclosure statement requirements ends today, but forward-thinking practices have nothing to worry about. The deadline was originally June 30, 2014, but it was extended ...

AustralianSuper to pay early insurance to terminally ill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
From today Australians with a life expectancy of two years or less can fully access their superannuation savings yet the country's largest industry fund has gone a step further and negotiated for the early release of life insurance benefits. AustralianSuper ...

An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
D-day 30 June 2015. It came, it went... but just like the "end of the world" prophesied by every other religious sect (almost forever) the sky did not fall on this day as financial markets did 'not' fear. Yes Virginia, did NOT fear. Despite the 'chicken ...