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

Search Results

Showing 1971 - 1980 of 2150 results for "innovation"

Platforms up 30pc to $391bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... Portfolio Services up five -fold in a year and AXA's North platform suit which has tripled in a year. Showing the impact of innovation in the platform market, the low cost BT Super For Life product grew 120 per cent in the 12 months to March 2010 and ...

The disappearing act of lose-lose funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... business). On product development, one in two respondents are ramping up their internal expertise on asset allocation and innovation, with the clear remit that the days when bull markets buoyed poorly-designed products are long gone. More than one in ...

Super funds lead advice charge

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
Super funds will lead innovation in the advice sector as intra-fund advice grows, leaving many advisers to play catch up, according to tech firm, Provisio Technologies. A number of superannuation funds now deliver advice with greater efficiency than ...

NAB addresses ACCC concerns

ASX STATEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... between retail investment platforms if NAB and AXA merged. "At the heart of the ACCC's decisions are concerns about innovation, and as a consequence, future rigorous and effective competition between retail investment platforms," said ACCC chairman Graeme ...

ASX fends rivals with price cuts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Investors are benefiting from the rise of alternative trading platforms in Australia, with the incumbent Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) introducing massive fee cuts starting next month, including a 46 per cent cut on the headline trade execution ...

Fund fees not coming down: Cooper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... industry is "relatively weak" compared to other industries, hence the perverse result of fees going up despite scale and innovation. "The Review has been doggedly focusing on efficiency: particularly lowering costs. Many have asked, 'Why are they so ...

Challenger injects more liquidity into annuities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... quite complex [in the market], and we have a different approach to managing longevity and that can be done through innovation to lifetime annuities," he said. Liquid Lifetime offers investors protection against inflation and longevity risks, while allowing ...

LGS wins $2.1m green building fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Local Government Super (LGS) has been awarded a $2.1 million Green Building Fund Grant by the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. LGS was the only applicant to be awarded a grant on an exemplar basis, according to a statement from ...

Govt to inject $25m into 'best practice' regulation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... training to financial regulators in Australia and in Asia. More importantly, the centre will also be a breeding ground for innovation in financial services, drawing academics from universities in Australia and overseas. Following on the lessons from ...

NAB clashes with ACCC decision

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... NAB and AXA merged, but said it won't oppose the AMP bid. "At the heart of the ACCC's decisions are concerns about innovation, and as a consequence, future rigorous and effective competition between retail investment platforms," said ACCC chairman Graeme ...