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Supercorp software adds 2,000 users

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
Supercorp Technology's self managed super fund (SMSF) administration software is being used to process more than 2,000 SMSFs just four months after the solution was launched. The firm's software, superMate, was launched in October last year as the next ...

Westpac and St.George merger ahead of schedule

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
Westpac and St.George Bank's merger is proceeding ahead of plan. At Westpac's first quarter trading update, Gail Kelly, chief executive at the bank, said the merger with St.George Bank is progressing well. Approval to move to a single Authorised Deposit-taking ...

Tiger year ushers investors to China

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
Planners spent the last decade educating clients about China's potential - but the Year of the Tiger could herald the new boom decade for local investors. Jonathan Wu, head of distribution and operations at Premium China Funds Management, said the Year ...

ASIC super expert joins Super SA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
Stephen Rowe, former senior manager of superannuation at ASIC, has been appointed general manager at South Australian public sector superannuation provider, Super SA. Rowe left the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in Melbourne ...

Fund managers on tax alert

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... Mathieson, chief executive at DST Global Solutions Australian and New Zealand. He said investment firms must understand and plan the implementation of TOFA for their client base. "TOFA will have a significant impact on the investment management sector ...

Qantas Super hunts for member services head

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
One of the largest corporate funds in Australia, the $5.5 billion Qantas Superannuation Plan, is on the lookout for a new head of member services. In an advertisement today, Qantas noted that the head of member services will be responsible for member ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... pressures stoked by higher wage demands.' In March 2005, the New South Wales Labour Economics Office even released a detailed plan on how to tackle skill shortages in the state. This ranged from providing accommodation allowances to providing additional ...

In Kerr Neilson we trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
Financial planners are three times more likely to favour Platinum Asset Management over other international equities fund managers, new research found. An Investment Trends survey of 648 financial planners found 56 per cent of planners listed Platinum ...

AMP raises Horizons intake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
AMP is increasing the intake to the Horizons Financial Planning Academy by 50 per cent to cope with demand. Tim Steele, director at AMP Horizons, said the bank is increasing the planner intake from 80 to 130 for the year. He said just under 200 financial ...

Life insurance consolidation could hurt consumers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... thrive, with premium inflows increasing 15.1 per cent year on year to September from $7 billion to $8 billion, according to Plan for Life figures. Overall sales in the risk market jumped 21.2 per cent, with Tower ranking fourth at 14.1 per cent, and ...