Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1811 - 1820 of 3302 results for "Via"

HUB24 expands white label solutions

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... Accountable chief executive Tony Zulli said this initiative will significantly enhance the experience of accountants and advisers via HUB24's administration and reporting functionalities. "The removal of the SMSF advice exemption has seen accountants ...

Industry fund makes tech play to combat unpaid super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... their member-bases. The report also noted that despite over a fifth (21%) of Australians exclusively accessing the internet via mobile devices, only 18% of funds offered mobile apps for members, and none offered employer-specific mobile tools. IQ Group ...

AIA grows health insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... basic package to the top level of cover for families. Actively engaged members may also be eligible for premium discounts via the AIA Vitality program, which incentivises them to improve their health and wellbeing with rewards such as discounts on insurance ...

Labor cracks down on discretionary trusts

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... used as an aggressive tax minimisation vehicle. Wealthy Australians are using discretionary trusts to reduce tax liabilities via 'income splitting' - apportioning their non-pay-as-you-go income to others (usually family members) with much lower marginal ...

Direct life insurance review underway: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
A major review investigating why some consumers are worse off from purchasing life insurance via direct channels is underway. ASIC senior executive leader and regional commissioner, Michael Saadat, told the FSC Leaders Summit this week that the corporate ...

Millennial disengagement dire for economy: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... embraced digital. Those that have get rewarded. The Commonwealth Bank's Essential Super experienced a 37% increase in members via its digital channel last year, of which almost 90% were aged between 18 and 24," she said by way of example.

Suncorp Tower takeover denied by competition watchdog

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... In June, Tower Limited announced its intention to enter into a Scheme Implementation Agreement with Suncorp Group Limited, via its wholly-owned subsidiary Vero Insurance New Zealand, which would see Suncorp acquire 100% of Tower's shares at NZ$1.40 per ...

Government paves the way for open banking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... CBA and ANZ have consistently pushed back on the policy, citing privacy, security and cost concerns. Others, including NAB - via NAB Ventures and Reinventure - have directly invested in open API platform providers to allow fintech to securely acquire ...

Advice group inks deal with $7bn super fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... billion super fund. Under the new arrangement, Tasplan will provide qualified advice referrals for members in mainland Australia via the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP). AIOFP manager member services Ray Bailey said ...

Industry fund offers retirement income bonus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... uplift the balance of every existing retirement pension member by 0.5% by releasing some tax surplus into investment earnings via an uplift in the weekly unit prices," BUSSQ chief executive Linda Vickers said. "These people still create a tax surplus ...