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Transport bolsters listed infrastructure demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
Australian listed infrastructure offers some of the best quality assets and highly attractive yields, not only across the Asia-Pacific region but on a global scale, an investment specialist says. The transportation sector, particularly airports and ...

Looking ahead key to flipping bad money habits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
About 10% of Australians struggle so much with debt that it directly impacts their wellbeing and UBank believes widespread financial mismanagement is the result of a severe disconnect from our future selves. UBank, NAB's digital-only offering, conducted ...

Mystery buyer for $800m Aussie bond record

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
A single buyer has snapped up all $800 million of Australian government bonds issued by the Australian Office of Financial Management on Wednesday. It is reported to be the largest single purchase of Treasury Bonds based on auction records dating back ...

SMSF software demand surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
Super reforms have helped propel the demand for self-managed super fund software in the last financial year, according to Class Super. Class' SMSF market share surged to 24% from 19% year-on-year, hitting a record high of 140,000 client accounts in ...

Optimo introduces robo platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
Optimo Financial is releasing its online financial modelling solution for advisers as it aims to make the provision of goals-based advice more seamless. The Optimo Pathfinder personal finance modelling system is now available to dealer groups, financial ...

MLC Life partners to accelerate underwriting process

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
The underwriting process is about to get easier for customers of MLC Life Insurance as the firm becomes the first in Australia to offer UK underwriting rules engine UnderwriteMe. Partnering with the engine's proprietary owner Pacific Life Re, MLC Life ...

IRESS secures NSX deal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
Financial technology provider IRESS is expanding its market reach after teaming up with the National Stock Exchange of Australia. From the end of this month IRESS' stockbroking clients will have access to trade securities listed on the National Stock ...

Super trustees on notice over fund disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
Fifteen per cent of superannuation trustees needed improvement in the disclosure of information on super fund websites according to Australia's corporate regulator. ASIC recently wrote to 21 superannuation trustees who failed to meet "Transparency Information" ...

Competition would save Australians millions in super fees: Deloitte

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
Permitting the entrance of further competition in the superannuation marketplace would reduce fees by $292 million per year across 14 million MySuper accounts. A report issued by Deloitte Access Economics (DAE) finds that the facilitation of choice ...

Disengaged members vulnerable in super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
A review by ASIC into member experience with superannuation has highlighted a number of key vulnerabilities for consumers. The report, which mapped three stages of the superannuation lifecycle - joining a fund, participating in a fund, and changing ...