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JPM appoints Australian insto head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed Stephen Alcorn to head its Australian institutional business. Based in Sydney, Stephen will be responsible for leading the Australia Institutional client advisory team and delivering the full range of J.P. ...

XPLAN named top planning application

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
XPLANA has been named the top rated Australian planning application for 2013 in the latest A Investment Trends Planning and Advice Applications Report. According to the report, XPLAN has achieved the highest benchmark score for any financial planning ...

Super social media yet to excite members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
Social media usage by super funds generates much more excitement among the funds themselves than it does among its members, reveals research by Rainmaker. The research company reached this conclusion following a survey of social media activity among ...

ASFA calls for consistent global regulatory standards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
The global pension community must work together to achieve consistent regulatory frameworks, according to Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Speaking at the ASFA's third Asia-Pacific Pension ...

Tasplan and Quadrant mull merger

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Tasmanian superannuation funds Quadrant fund Tasplan will investigate a merger and have entered into a Heads of Agreement. The two funds will consider whether there would be an improved provision of superannuation services to the members and employers ...

AIA launches fitness program available via advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... launch, AIA Australia's chief executive Peter Crewe believes AIA Vitality provides financial advisers with a new way to connect with Australians about the need for life insurance, and address the issue of sustainability in the industry. "We believe the ...

ATO doing a good job on SMSFs: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is rising to the challenge of efficiently regulating the self-managed superannuation sector, according to Challenger's chairman of retirement income Jeremy Cooper. Cooper said that, contrary to perceptions that it ...

(Back) wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday released numbers that are closest to everyone's hearts (errr, pockets) but you won't know it gauging from the financial markets' reaction. Australian equities rose a bit (plus 0.3% on the ASX 200) ...

Class Super launches browser-based platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... installation is necessary. "It provides access to all the features available in our popular Windows application, including direct-connect data feeds, Actuarial Certificate integration, automatic property valuations, and support for bulk transactions ...

SunGard launches a faster STP processor

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... processing and control solution for hedge fund managers, fund administrators and private equity firms. Asset Arena Data Connect, the new processing solution, has been designed to speed up straight-through-processing (STP) for alternative investments. ...