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Seniors Week reminds planners to get in early

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2006
New South Wales Seniors Week, running from 2-9 April, has seen renewed calls for advisers to ramp up retirement planning for their clients, starting earlier and planning for longer. Financial services provider Asteron's head of technical services, Louise ...

Finsuper jumps aboard the STA-ARF train

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
On 30 June Finsuper will merge with STA, which by then will have evolved into the massive STA-ARF merged entity. After the boards of both organisations completed due diligence, Finsuper decided the merger was the right move for its members. The merger ...

Qld to dominate Future Fund board of guardians

Queenslanders may only account for only 8 per cent of funds management in Australia, but they control half the seats on the Future Fund board of guardians. The Government has just announced the appointment of six members of the Future Fund board of ...

ASIC pulls up reverse mortgage award winner

An award winning reverse mortgage provider has been told by ASIC to change its advertising, after it was red flagged for misleading to consumers. Transcomm Credit Co-operative Limited (Transcomm) is Personal Investor Magazine's 2005 reverse mortgage ...

Commonwealth banks on customer service and IT

The Commonwealth Bank has unveiled a four-pronged corporate strategy that includes merging two key units, improving IT and offering flexible employment in a bid to remain one of the country's leading banks. Commonwealth's chief executive officer, Ralph ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as a positive lead from the US sets the tone for the domestic bourse. However, base metals were a bit weaker overnight, which could cap resource stocks. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June ...

Super fund taxes break through $5 billion

Total taxation revenue collected by all levels of government in Australia climbed to $230 billion in 2004-05, of which only $5.1 billion was paid by super funds. Super fund taxes, however, have only climbed 8.5 per cent since 200-01, which is significantly ...

Daily economic update

To no one's surprise, the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 per cent. It also lifted the discount rate to 5.75 per cent. The accompanying statement said that the rebound ...

Recovering house prices to sustain wealth affect

Using mortgage insurance demand as a leading indicator for real estate prices, PMI Mortgage Insurance (PMI) has found prices are generally moving upwards, confirming sentiment that the so-called property slowdown may be nearing an end. With real estate ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as base and precious metals trod water overnight, although weakness in US stocks following the decision by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates is expected to flow through to the local market. ...