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Digital evolution highlighted at AIST awards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... Garcia said. Drawing more than 250,000 visits to its social media sites, Sunsuper won AIST's best digital (over $40,000 budget) award with a campaign aimed at redefining retirement through the message "60 is the new 40." Two funds focusing on the needs ...

Super software provider outlines future plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... we have a wide range of experience levels available. Offering junior to senior team members better meets technical and budget requirements for less complicated support requirements," Mackley said. Financial Synergy's consulting team has grown from 21 ...

FSC, Deloitte name Future Leader Award winner

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... replacement ratios for the average Australian and balance these against fiscal sustainability and deliver benefits for the budget. Finalists of the awards were CBA advice consultant Daniel Bofinger, BT Financial Group's Brad Coles, ANZ Wealth Rajasree ...

Deloitte super plan could save budget $6bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... current tax incentives for super contributions are weighted towards the better off, yet the reformed plan would see a federal budget saving of about $6 billion in 2016-17 alone. "Because this is a change to the taxation of contributions - when the money ...

NAB enters into MOU with Nippon Life

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... insurer Mitsui Life. This follows the insurance giant announcing its A¥1.5 trillion ($17 billion) mergers and acquisitions budget for the next 10 years earlier in 2015.

SQM gives high marks to William Blair fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... seeks strong returns with some moderation of the downside [and] has an absolute return focus and a medium-to-high risk budget." "We are delighted to have received this rating from SQM as we believe this Fund offers Australian investors access to broader ...

Tax conversation in a bubble

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... associated with superannuation savings "has been truly phenomenal." "Superannuation tax concessions cost the government budget around $35 billion in 2013-14, [and] projected to rise at a staggering 12% annually to $50.7 billion in 2016-17," Chapman said. ...

New laws define inactive super members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... consolidated in to members' active super accounts without the individuals' consent. The legislation forms part of a 2015-16 Budget measure that aims to remove an out-dated rule preventing the identification of certain lost inactive super members. Another ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... either the risk profile or the objectives." The interesting part for institutions is how they decide to spend their fee budget: "You can go for active fund managers and try to increase alpha, or you can pay less for alpha and spend more on risk management." ...

Financial services most at risk from disruption

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... that make it even more vulnerable. "The banking sector can get weighed down by legacy systems, regulatory requirements, budget allocations and our tendency to avoid risk," she said. "Over the next decade there will be banks that successfully make the ...