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Praemium strikes deal with RBS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
Praemium International Limited, a subsidiary of Australian company Praemium, has cut a deal with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to provide platform services to RBS International's ex-pat clientele based in the tax haven of Jersey. Under the deal ...

Super must not commingle with banks: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
The Financial Services Inquiry should focus on harnessing the power of super to fund Australia's real economy, as an alternative source of funding to the banking sector, Industry Super Australia (ISA) has said. In its submission to the draft terms of ...

APRA releases final SuperStream reporting standards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released the final version of its Reporting Standards SRS 711.0 for SuperStream Benchmarking Measures, relating to the rollover and contribution transactions of super funds. In a letter sent ...

That evil word is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
Could it be? Could it be that the list of all good and wonderful stats I presented over the past two days on this space -- that suggested that the global economy as we know it is gathering momentum -- sank deeper into the consciousness of practitioners ...

ASIC backs down on custody whistleblowing requirements

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has backed away from its plan to impose strict whistleblowing requirements on custodians, after receiving unanimously negative feedback from the industry. In CP 197, released in December 2012 ...

FoFA boosts advice business valuation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
The valuations of advice businesses compliant with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation have increased in Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. "Concerns around FoFA have not lowered valuation multiples and in some states they ...

CBA follows ASIC's lead in Senate submission

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has followed the lead of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and is asking for a detailed public register of financial advisers in a submission to the Senate inquiry on the regulator's performance. The ...

Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards 2013 registration closing soon

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Registrations are closing soon for the Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards 2013, which are being held on Thursday 21st November. The event, a breakfast, will be held at the Members Dining Room, MCG, Melbourne and will be hosted by media identity Stephen ...

Mohammad goes to mountain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013

SelectingSuper award nominees announced

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
Rainmaker has released the names of the 30 super fund groups whose products have been shortlisted for the Rainmaker SelectingSuper awards being held in Melbourne on 21 November. The 30 superannuation groups represent 60 separate superannuation products ...