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BGL to provide automated property data for SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
BGL Corporate Solutions has partnered with analytics group RP Data to provide automated property data to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) and their advisers. SMSF holders and financial planners will be able to access a number of administration ...

Major reshuffle in insurance league tables

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
While AMP retained its top-ranking in the recent Plan for Life research, the numbers suggest big swings in market share and the top ten list.. The research focused on the life insurance risk market inflows and sales during 2012 and revealed that MLC ...

Professional Associations Super rebrands to Kinetic Super

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... pension product. The 355,000 member fund has also released a transition site which includes details of the fund's transition plan. Frank Gullone, PASL chairman said that Kinetic Super would provide a better service offering for its membership. "Our strong ...

Radar Results creditors meeting to go ahead

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
The first meeting of Radar Results Pty Ltd. creditors will take place tomorrow, less than two weeks after the financial planning consultancy company was placed into liquidation. Liquidators CRS Warner Kugel will lead discussion about whether to appoint ...

IFM consortium wins Port Botany lease

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
A consortium led by Industry Funds Management (IFM) has won a bid for the long-term leases of Port Botany and Port Kembla. The consortium known as NSW Ports includes some of Australia's biggest industry superannuation funds - AustralianSuper, Cbus ...

Fool's gold?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
It's official folks...we now have a bear market -- a bear market in gold, that is. The yellow metal no longer shines Virginia. Gold's spot price closed at US$1484.07 an ounce. That's a 21.8% drop from its all-time closing high of US$1898.25 per ounce ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... with profit-takers moving in to reap the benefits of a rally of about 10 per cent since the Bank of Japan's huge stimulus plan last week. Seoul lost 1.31 per cent, or 25.57 points, to end at 1,924.23 amid simmering tensions on the Korean peninsula. Hong ...

ASIC charges former financial adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has charged a former financial adviser for failing to provide appropriate advice to clients. Kevin Maxwell George Whitting, of Rosebud, Victoria, provided inappropriate advice to five investors ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened firmer after markets in the United States pushed to new highs. On Wall Street overnight, investors were buoyed by a government report pointing to lower-than-expected jobless claims. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Wills are not enough for SMSF legacy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) holders should plan their legacy as carefully as they do their investments, as a will may not be sufficient to ensure their money goes to the people its intended for. According to TAG Partners director Michelle ...