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Superannuation

HOST-PLUS is Money Magazine's best of the best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
HOST-PLUS has won the Money Magazine Best of the Best super fund award for 2007.

Courts continue to unwind Westpoint mess

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
The Federal Court has ordered the winding up of 14 companies associated with Norman Carey and the Westpoint group.

Awards to recognise the best in life insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life have launched the Life Insurance Company of the Year Product and Service Quality Awards 2006.

NSW Bookmakers and Perpetual top super tables

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
The latest Rainmaker/SelectingSuper Performance Tables have revealed continuing strong returns for default and Australian shares options for super funds, with NSW Bookmakers topping the default options scorecard and Perpetual leading the pack in Australian ...

Don't forget to lock and back-up: Symantec

Security software solutions Symantec has urged companies to ensure their IT systems are secure and backed-up over the Christmas break because the holiday season is also the peak time when they are most vulnerable to financial fraud.

Planner PI insurance reforms unclear: AFA

Government proposals requiring financial services licensees, such as planners, to take out professional indemnity (PI) insurance to cover potential compensation claims about the quality of their advice have met mixed reactions from industry experts.

ALP finally agrees to back Budget super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
It was a long time coming, but the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has bowed to the inevitable and finally agreed to back the government's superannuation reforms announced in the Federal Budget.

Patersons' poor compliance under review

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has called on specialist stockbroker Patersons Securities to review its monitoring and supervision of staff after it found that two Patersons employees may have risked client funds through poor ...

GoldLink launches commodities index fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
GoldLink Capital Asset Management has announced the launch of its GoldLink Commodity IndexPlus Fund offering investors returns linked to commodity indices with a degree of downside risk protection.

AMP Capital Core Property Fund scores highest rating

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
The AMP Capital Core Property Fund has been awarded the highest rating from property investment research consultancy Managed Investment Assessments (MIA) owing to its significant diversification characteristics and healthy returns.