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Bluedoor launches SuperStream tech

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... Pilot Validation in May." SuperStream falls into the StrongerSuper reforms and it is aimed to improve the back office efficiency of the superannuation industry by making the system easier to use. The measures include legislative changes to permit the ...

Australian Ethical profits jump

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... our costs. The business is now well placed to benefit from any uplift in equity markets," he said. "Our operational efficiency has increased significantly over the past few years," Vernon added. A return of confidence to equity markets has a positive ...

ASIC speeds up misconduct probe

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... greater efficiencies. Premium Wealth Management chief executive Paul Harding-Davis believes that the increased regulatory efficiency breeds a stronger industry. "I think consumer confidence benefits greatly from knowing that there is a strong regulator ...

Qantas Super takes flight with iqBoard

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... superannuation funds such as QSuper, CBUS and Local Government Super. "iqBoard is a technology solution that increases efficiency and productivity while helping companies manage boards and committees," IQ Group's CEO Graham Sammells told Financial Standard. ...

Asset diversification gathers momentum

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... Watson's clients. The data also shows that Smart Beta strategies - which capture a premium over time or improve portfolio efficiency through diversification - continued to attract a significant amount of assets ($5 billion) in 2012. These new Smart Beta ...

AMP launches new iPad app for advisers

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... tools that are fully integrated with advisers' back-office systems, offering advisers and their clients flexibility and efficiency. AMP Financial Advice Network (FAN) director of advice and licensing Simon Wallace said this mobile technology is the first ...

Advisers expect greater focus on efficiency after FoFA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... biggest outcome financial advisers expect to see from the Future of Financial Advice reforms is an increased focus on efficiency and greater use of technology, according to a survey commissioned by Zurich Australia. The telephone survey of 213 randomly ...

New CFO for AMP Capital

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... joins us at a time when we're expanding internationally and deepening our investment capabilities while driving for efficiency in everything we do," he said. Over the past three years Ms Payn worked with Suncorp, Westpac and Lloyds International, undertaking ...

RBF shakes up fund with two new mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... executive Philip Mussared said RBF is reviewing its investment managers across all asset classes in a bid for improved efficiency. "Our aim is to secure for RBF members some of the scale economies that managers have been accruing, as funds under management ...

VicSuper starts daily unit pricing

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... accounts. "Daily unit pricing will place VicSuper in a strong position to tackle future challenges and will ensure greater efficiency and transparency is delivered to members," said VicSuper chief executive Michael Dundon. In a media release announcing ...