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Better insurance tech from IRESS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... clients in a consolidated manner, with fixed costs. "In the current economic climate, advisers are seeking simplicity and efficiency, and are strongly focused on enhancing client relationships. Running multiple systems simply leads to data duplication ...

One fund to fight lost super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... competition risks. "If you don't have competition, in many cases it can lead to poor outcomes," he said. "There's an inherent efficiency with having larger players in the market - but I don't think you want to just have one ERF dominating the field ...

ASIC reveals cap arising enhancements

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
ASIC has released new measures to boost market disclosure and efficiency in capital raisings and unlisted disclosing entities. The new equity raising policies released at the end of last week seek to streamline the fundraising process by faster and ...

Industry bodies back IFSA charter

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... the FPA to phase out traditional models show that the industry is responding to greater demands for transparency and efficiency and to better deal with conflicts of interest. "There has never been greater need for advice," Vamos said. "It's essential ...

QIC adopts Sophis Value software

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... was more important than risk management. "For QIC, the implementation of Sophis Value will enhance the breadth and efficiency of risk management solutions tailored to meet the needs of our clients," Rieck said. "The present crisis has demonstrated the ...

LGS boosts green power

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... brought all of its existing tenants in Local Government House, located at 28 Margaret St Sydney, over to strong energy efficiency programs and to 100 per cent zero emissions GreenPower, according to the Total Environment Centre. The building is co-owned ...

ASIC's Cooper to lead govt review

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... review into Australia's superannuation system. Cooper will lead the Federal Government's review into the governance, efficiency, structure and operation of the country's super system. His team will include Sandy Grant, Brian Wilson, Kevin Casy, Greg ...

VicSuper seeds $150m low carb fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... fund manager Vanguard is incentivising companies because capital is directed to those that outperform based on carbon efficiency, said Simon Thomas, chief executive of Trucost. The fund's initiative follows the launch of the second UN PRI progress report ...

Insurance shopping goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... and buy online (57 per cent) and because Allianz was a well-known brand. "What many people do not realise is that the efficiency of the internet means that life insurance, disability and critical illness protection is very affordable and easy to access ...

CGT roll-over relief for super mergers

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... Federal Parliament providing Capital Gains Tax roll-over relief on superannuation fund mergers will facilitate greater efficiency in the superannuation industry. "This is a major win for superannuation members in old schemes that can now be merged into ...