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GBST wealth management performance drives 52% profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... result was impressive. Regulatory change continued to drive sales, and deployment of GBST Composer to support UK Pensions Freedom legislation helped win new clients. Australian Wealth Management operations successfully completed several large migration ...

Wealth Enhancers departs Synchron, goes independent

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... is quite different, and being affiliated with Synchron was a bit limiting. So having our own AFSL meant that we had the freedom to conduct business in the way that best-suited our model." Boles explained further, saying that Wealth Enhancers' business ...

Minimum $200k SMSF balance "completely incorrect"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... argued that there are reasons for having an SMSF irrespective of the balance, such as free choice of life insurer or more freedom to design the member's estate planning strategy. Hallinan added that some investment strategies are only available to SMSFs. ...

Labor demands to see Treasury papers on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... allegedly show the government received advice on options to vary superannuation tax concessions prior to this year's budget. A Freedom of Information request by Labor to federal Treasury allegedly shows the Expenditure Review Committee, chaired by Prime ...

Almost everyone got a bonus this year, report reveals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... the same, while a smaller percentage of 21% felt the same way when comparing with other financial institutions. With the freedom to choose more than one option when asked what were the factors impacting bonus, 62% chose team/business unit performance ...

Labor backs ASIC data retention authority

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus voiced his support for amendments to the Government's data retention bill which authorise the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to retain telecommunications data for the purposes of investigating ...

OPINION: The Achilles heel of unbundled services

DARREN SPEIRS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... companies would assist providers to create robust, standardised interfaces that support integration, flexibility and complete freedom of movement across each space. Sound like pie in the sky? I don't believe so. For unless the question of integration ...

ASIC to face legal action over Storm Financial

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... information. We do, and we know where the mines are," Levitt said. Justice Lindsay Foster has also allowed plaintiffs to make a freedom of information request to ASIC to seek the regulator's internal documents and records. ASIC was not available for ...

AMP's Hillross crowns best advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... family and financially prepare for their future. "Her dedication to help people in the local community achieve financial freedom was a stand-out for the judging panel," Guggenheimer said. Southbank Financial Services won Advisory Firm of the Year for ...

Investment Trends releases 2014 platform report

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... the lead, followed closely by netwealth, HUB24, Asgard eWrap and MLC Wrap & Navigator. "Planners are expressing greater freedom of platform choice in 2014 and switching away from those who don't meet their needs," Peker said. "So, despite constrained ...