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BGL adds 280 wraps to SMSF software

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Australian SMSF software provider BGL Corporate Solutions has secured two major additions to its Simple Fund 360 program. BGL has partnered with InvestmentLink to provide data for an additional 280 wraps and platforms, bringing the total number of data ...

Tasplan and RBF to merge

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
The Tasmanian government has announced its support for a single superannuation fund responsible for the accounts of Tasplan, Quadrant and the RBF Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme. RBF had $4.9 billion in funds under management as of 30 June 2014, Tasplan ...

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
It was the best of times then... it became the worst of times. 'twas only three months ago, the New Zealand dollar climbed higher and higher against the Australian dollar and was widely expected to breached parity because "...the NZ dollar genuinely ...

PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
As a former project manager, David Braga has seen it all. He's worked on almost every type of job going in the financial services industry, which is precisely what makes him the right man for the job as BNP Securities Services' new head of Australia ...

Super available on the Apple watch

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Financial Synergy has launched a 2015 version of Acurity that will allow superannuation fund members to access their super through Apple watches and other mobile devices using iOS and Android platforms. Financial Synergy chief executive, Stephen Mackley ...

AZ NGA acquires $180m CBA advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
AZ Next Generation Advisory has acquired a 51% stake in Lifestyle Financial Planning Services (LFPS), which was licensed through Commonwealth Bank (CBA) dealer group Financial Wisdom. LFPS was established in 2004, services over 2,000 clients and has ...

86 billion Euros are in the mail, just

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
It's a deal! Well, er, not quite. He huffed and he puffed and he beat his chest. In the end, Greek PM Tsipras got his cake... on his face! Tsipras urged the Greeks to do what he say -- vote "Oxi" to the reforms for bail out conditions proposed by its ...

Oxi Oxi Oxi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
Hellas, Hellas, Hellas! Oxi! Oxi! Oxi! That's the Greek's resounding vote on Sunday's referendum which ask them to vote nai (yes) or oxi (no) to a question that's probably as 'greek' to the Greek themselves - a question that would task the minds of ...

Eslake consultancy up and running after leaving BoA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
Economist Saul Eslake is "pleasantly surprised" at the amount of work that he has been asked to do through his consultancy firm only weeks after leaving Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML). Speaking to Financial Standard, Eslake said that over the ...

Tassie RBF awards GAM $100m mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
The Tasmanian public sector superannuation fund, the Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF), has invested $100 million in the GAM Absolute Return Bond Defensive Fund. GAM's unconstrained bond strategy is a "go-anywhere" bond fund which, via the use of derivatives ...