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Insurance industry still behind on big data usage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The insurance industry is still behind when it comes to accessing and using customer data to predict consumer behaviour and design personalised products. Bravura Solutions and the Financial Services Council (FSC) conducted a poll on the life insurance ...

FSC awards life insurance companies

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... Life & Investments research program was given the 'Big Thinking' award. BT Financial group received the BlueChip Communication Social Media Innovation award and Asteron Life's Smarter Years campaign got the William Roberts Lawyers Consumer Innovation ...

Australian Ethical buys ethical investment publication

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Ethical fund manager and superannuation fund Australian Ethical has bought online magazine Ethical Investor from previous owner Lifecraft Pty Ltd. The magazine, founded in 2001 as a print publication, will retain its current editor Ross Kendall. Australian ...

Praemium upgrades CRM planning software

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Praemium has upgraded its WealthCraft CRM and financial planning software to the cloud-based Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform. The new user-friendly interface allows users to perform their usual business and financial planning tasks in one place. The ...

Equip partners with travel insurer

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
Equip has appointed a travel insurance provider to its portfolio of ancillary service providers. The deal gives members direct access to discounted cover through insurance provider Cover-More. Equip's executive officer, strategic marketing and communications ...

OneVue shuffles reporting lines ahead of IPO

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
OneVue has appointed a new head of operations for platform services and re-jigged its reporting lines, as it looks towards its much-anticipated Easter IPO. Andrew Macciocca who is based in Melbourne, was appointed head of operations for fund services ...

Calls for Sinodinos to "step aside" amid ICAC allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... proposal. "It's quite transparent that Mr Sinodinos' true role in Australian Water Holdings was to open lines of communication with the Liberal Party and there will be evidence that he tried to do so," Watson said. The Labor MP admitted that AWH "murky ...

OneVue rules out further acquisitions in run up to IPO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
OneVue chief executive Connie Mckeage has ruled out any more acquisitions as the wholesale SMSF solutions provider looks towards Easter for its much anticipated IPO. Mckeage said that despite OneVue "always looking for acquisitions" in the platform ...

UniSuper adds to its technology team

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
UniSuper has strengthened its technology development program with three strategic hires. Shane Collister, an IT strategy specialist with superannuation systems expertise will join UniSuper as Executive Manager, Technology and Projects. He is formerly ...

SMSF industry welcomes more flexible penalties

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... in some instances, the industry may have been a bit blasA(C) about pension start dates and clients making partial communication elections. However, going forward, and particularly in light of the pension ruling, we can expect the ATO to be taking a closely ...