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SSGA restructure sees distribution head depart

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... roles at BT Investment Management and American Express Asset Management. His departure occurred as a result of a streamlining of SSGA's distribution capabilities. SSGA head of Asia Pacific Lochiel Crafter explained, "We decided to remove a layer of management ...

PC to lead another inquiry into super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... products." The PC has been briefed to focus on whether the market is sufficiently open to innovation, new entrants and streamlining of costs; whether the system's resources are allocated effectively; services to members; and whether the system encourages ...

United approach to super fund disclosure: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... financial services regulators and administrators to coordinate their data on superannuation fund investments as a way of streamlining overlaps in reporting and disclosure processes. The idea forms one of AVCAL's three recommendations to federal Treasury ...

AustralianSuper merges investment options

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
AustralianSuper is closing three investment options and replacing them with two as part of a streamlining process aiming to keep costs low and refocus the fund's investment efforts. The industry super fund will close its Australian Fixed Interest, International ...

Life insurance claims revamped at industry fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... Phillips said eClaims was part of a broader initiative for the insurer, with the aim of intervening in claims earlier, streamlining claims processes and moving to an online platform for all of its key partners. "We are excited about the benefits this ...

Parliament repeals key FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... stakeholders by complete surprise. The repeal affects the Government's proposed amendments to the Corporations Amendment (Streamlining of Future of Financial Advice) Bill 2014, which were introduced through regulation and disallowed in November 2014. ...

Westpac profit boosted by BTIM sale

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... Westpac would push the ratio further down below 40% within three years. To achieve this, the bank has focused on streamlining its branch network and investing in mobile/online access to retail and business banking customers.

New laws define inactive super members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... federal government has released draft legislation aiming to reduce red tape for superannuation funds and individuals by streamlining lost and unclaimed super administrative arrangements. Under the new laws a super member will be considered inactive if ...

ANZ senior manager leaves to set up consultancy

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... investment portfolios and funds, including the selection and oversight of external investment managers. The news of a "streamlining" operation happening within this division comes shortly after the bank's wealth management arm announced that it was bringing ...

Mercer selects customer management platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... run real time analytics on sales and service performance across the different divisions of the business and we're streamlining our customer service with integrated telephony, workflow and team collaboration," Godfrey said. The deal comes on the back ...