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Insurance industry still behind on big data usage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The insurance industry is still behind when it comes to accessing and using customer data to predict consumer behaviour and design personalised products. Bravura Solutions and the Financial Services Council (FSC) conducted a poll on the life insurance ...

Lawyer exposes ASIC favours to big players

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Former Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) lawyer James Wheeldon has revealed the regulator gave favourable treatment to the big end of the market. Wheeldon appeared yesterday at a public hearing of the Senate inquiry into the performance ...

Life insurers need more 'wise old heads': APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The life insurance industry needs more 'wise old heads' to provide an historical perspective and avoid falling into the same traps, according to Ian Laughlin, deputy chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Laughlin said that ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

NAB CEO Clyne to retire

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
National Australia Bank chief executive A and managing director Cameron Clyne is to step down from the bank in August this year, to be replaced by Bank of New Zealand boss Andrew Thorburn. Clyne said that the job had taken a personal toll and it was ...

Thinktank launches LRBA loan service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Property loan specialist Thinktank has launched a limited recourse borrowing arrangement (LRBA) loan for self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The Thinktank SMSF Commercial Loan offers loan-to-value ratios of up to 75% and 25 year repayment terms. The maximum ...

ATO takes over SME super clearing house

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has taken over responsibility from the Department of Human Services for the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House. This move is part of the government's commitment to streamline processes and it believes the ...

Praemium upgrades CRM planning software

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Praemium has upgraded its WealthCraft CRM and financial planning software to the cloud-based Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform. The new user-friendly interface allows users to perform their usual business and financial planning tasks in one place. The ...

Wanted: Money managers that are investors not product makers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
In an era when many investment managers are engineering overly complex, multi-layered model-driven strategies, traditional managers focused on long term fundamentals are finding a receptive audience. "It's performance, performance, performance. It's ...

US retirement assets reach US$23tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
The US retirement assets market reached a stellar US$23 trillion at end 2013, up 16% through the year. But while the figure, at roughly 14 times the amount in the Australian superannuation system, seems astronomical. It is actually corresponds similarly ...