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Industry fund members switch to SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... 24 per cent of industry fund members say they plan to set up an SMSF when they switch. The increase should come as no surprise as SMSFs continue to be the fastest growing segment of the superannuation market. For instance, there were over 420,000 SMSFs ...

Workers to wear SG rise: Shorten

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... Secretary of the Australian Workers Union. The idea that the SG increase could come at the expense of take home pay may also surprise many workers, particularly in an economy where inflation is already eroding wages. The significance of Shorten's latest ...

Platforms control market, not advisers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... first platform FUA decrease in five quarters, putting platforms back to where they were three and a half years ago. A surprise result is that corporate master trusts are now the fastest growing segment while investment platforms, which normally battle ...

Griffith resigns from Count Financial

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Following the surprise resignation of long-time employee Rachel Griffith from Count Financial this month, the group said it hopes to recruit a new research and product manager by December. Count Financial issued a brief ASX statement last Friday stating ...

Industry could face another inquiry

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has called for an in-depth review of the Australian financial system and competition among the big four banks - a move that could trigger another inquiry involving Australia's trillion dollar superannuation industry. Media ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... for most of the morning and then suddenly it just started to move up really sharply, so it did catch a few people by surprise," he said. "Apparently it's just big by-orders moving through the system, so people are bullish." Mr Potter said corporate activity ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was 1.3 per cent lower in intra-day trading, with offshore currency plays and China's surprise interest rate hike weighing on the market. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 63.6 points, or 1.37 per cent ...

NTAA challenge planners to cut fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
Full fee disclosure and an open discussion with clients are necessary to improve the credibility of the financial planning industry, according to a planning association. A newly established financial planning association yesterday said that the financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... Industrial metals rallied sharply on Friday, with copper extending gains into a fourth week to a fresh 26-month peak, after a surprise fall in US payrolls strengthened talk of fresh stimulus measures to boost the world's biggest economy. Mr Herring said ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
Australian shares are expected to decline after falls in US equities on a surprise jump in unemployment claims there and more signs of trouble for Europe's economy. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0751 AEST, the December share price index futures ...