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Super software provider outlines future plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... implementation of its Acurity platform, recently taken up by Vision Super. Financial Synergy added two million member accounts and an extra $150 billion of funds under management across its core administration system. "We are excited to confirm big data ...

Mother's Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
It's that time of the month again folks, the time of great anticipation for the coming of mother - the mother of all eco stats, that is. So wipe your microscopes clean and sharpen your scalpels. We'll need them to dissect and distil and scour the latest ...

MLC insurance sale to cost NAB $1.5bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) has agreed to sell 80% of MLC's insurance business for $2.4 billion, but it estimates it will lose over $1.5 billion in the transaction. The bank told investors that the transaction would involve an indicative loss of $1.1 ...

NAB sells insurance business to Nippon Life

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) has sold 80% of its MLC life insurance business to Japanese insurer Nippon Life for $2.4 billion. NAB will retain ownership of its superannuation, platforms, advice and asset management businesses. It will also retain the ...

NAB planner wins AFA Female Excellence Award

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
NAB's Sharon Walker has won the 2015 AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award. AFA chief executive Brad Fox said with her passion for the advice profession and her belief in the value of quality financial advice, Walker is an outstanding role model for ...

Deloitte super plan could save budget $6bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... taxation of contributions - when the money goes in - it avoids the need for any additional grandfathering. Nor does it add extra taxes to either earnings or benefits," a Deloitte statement said. Deloitte said to make super simpler, fairer and more sustainable ...

TWU attacks retail super funds over board governance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... industry fund board model is working. "The figures in this report show members of bank-owned funds would have to work seven extra years to reach the level of return of industry funds," the TWU statement said.

Super funds eye impact investing structures

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
Impact investing is nowhere to be seen in institutional investor land, but superannuation funds are starting to look at investment structures to invest in profitable ventures that have a positive impact in society. "Impact investing doesn't exist as ...

Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

AFA appoints policy and marketing head

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... recently consulting in B2B FinTech development supporting adviser efficiency and small business growth. "Samantha brings an extra dimension to the AFA team that will see us build upon the relevance we hold in the areas of policy and professionalism," ...