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Australia and UK to shape retirement landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
A global pension expert believes both Australia and the UK will play a major role in driving future ingenuity and innovation for retirement markets across the world. On the eve of attending the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Adelaide ...

OneVentures says VC needs scale in Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... venture capital is not soon given some scale in Australia, it is unlikely the country will truly reinvent itself as an innovation economy. This was a view presented by OneVentures partner Melissa Widner at a media briefing yesterday. It backs the Sydney-based ...

Industry reacts to super objective

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... time. Making clear the purpose of super provides government and industry the framework to build policy responses and innovation opportunities that tackle the nation's great retirement challenge. "This is an important step forward for the sustainability ...

AWI appoints CEO and MD

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... added, "I'm excited by the future of our combined businesses and am delighted to lead an amazing team committed to innovation, driving change and delivering better investment outcomes for our customers."

Clients asking planners for margin loans

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... approach to margin lending, financial planners are seeking a wider range of gearing products from lenders. Product innovation could expand the market.

QSuper takes industry leap with retirement incomes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... the assets, QSuper can take advantage of tax concessions that apply to an Allocated Pension Plan. Pennisi said the innovation was made possible by returning funds which had been set aside for future tax payable, to members as they enter the income phase ...

ANZ appoints former Google MD

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... sources of differentiation." Elliott added that Carnegie's role will be to "shift our thinking and champion a group-wide innovation culture at ANZ based on developing and attracting service-focused, technology-literate, innovative and experimental people ...

Zurich buys Macquarie Life

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... services group, said: "Macquarie Life is a well performing business and has been recognised by the industry for its innovation and commitment to customer service. The sale of the business reflects the need for significant scale in the capital intensive ...

Tax incentives for early stage investors too narrow: KPMG

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... trusts should also be eligible for the incentives. The firm's submission also raises concerns that investment into innovation start-ups might be limited if eligibility criteria for the incentives are too narrowly defined. KPMG head of deals advisory ...

BT awarded Life Company of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... executive Brad Fox said the overall award recognises the insurer which exceeds expectations in terms of product quality, innovation and service. TAL and CommInsure were runners up to BTFG for the main prize. TAL picked up two awards, the Term/TPD product ...