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Mercer bolsters compliance offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... analysed and maintained within Mercer's system by its legal and governance team. These tasks are assigned to individuals and progress and compliance status of each task can be monitored and reported on. When changes are made to legislation, Mercer updates ...

Investors must look past market noise: AXA IM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
Investors must rethink their investment approach and look to the long term if they wish to achieve their target returns, according AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, AXA IM identified a number of evolutionary trends ...

NAB posts $1.7bn net loss from Clydesdale IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
NAB has announced its half year FY2016 results, revealing a net loss of $1.7 billion, down 150.6% on the prior corresponding period. NAB's statement attributes this to "discontinued operations losses," referring to the loss on demerge and IPO of CYBG ...

What the budget means for you

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
The first budget of the Turnbull government will impact financial services companies operating right across the Australian wealth creation value chain from the largest institutions right down to smallest independent advice firms. Treasurer Scott Morrison's ...

AZ NGA signs twelfth firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
AZ Next Generation Advisory has signed a binding sale and purchase agreement to acquire the entire capital of its twelfth firm. Sterling Planners was established in 1997 and currently services clients from North Sydney. The firm offers clients a full ...

Energy Super partners with robo-adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
Energy Super is the latest industry fund to sign on a robo-advice platform, a move it says will complement existing financial advice offerings. The $6 billion fund has entered a partnership with Decimal Software and its new Eqilize platform, a robo-advice ...

Challenger annuities march on

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... same period last year," Challenger chief executive officer Brian Benari said. "During the quarter there was significant progress on the regulatory reform agenda. Treasury is currently setting the objective of superannuation. This is critical to prepare ...

Govt change could spell more severe LIF bill: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... parliament following the unofficial 2 July election, delaying the bill for at least a further six months. "If it's going to progress through it will need to be reintroduced and there's a very small opportunity for that to happen between now and when ...

ASIC user-pay model "eminently sensible": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
Adopting the industry funding model for ASIC will result in a much more efficient and less politically-motivated regulator, according to former assistant director of the division of enforcement at the US Securities and Exchange Commission Jordan Thomas. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... than had been anticipated earlier."...and concerns, "Members noted that an appreciating exchange rate could complicate progress in activity rebalancing towards the non-mining sectors of the economy." Expectations that the official cash rate would remain ...