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Starved infrastructure will bite into growth

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... practical but also politically shrewd. Among Labor's proposed changes to "get government off the back of business" are streamlining of regulatory changes and creating an optional superannuation clearing house for businesses. A big winner for small businesses ...

ING makes insurance faster for advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
ING is helping advisers write OneCare insurance faster by streamlining its desktop quotation software. Advisers will benefit from pre-populated application forms, automatically entering client details through ING's Dynamic Application software, part ...

Catholic Super consolidates online

... much of the hassle and helps us find member's lost super and consolidate their scattered accounts," he added. The streamlining process will help individuals who change jobs frequently, with some estimates suggesting there's a $10 billion pool of money ...

AGEST to hold AGM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... Census workers who joined recently as well." AGEST is also seeing a big increase in inflows, most likely due to the Streamlining Superannuation initiatives, said Seton. "Our cash flow is 60 per cent higher compared to last year while our membership is ...

Regulators discuss streamlining some supervision operations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
Ten years after the Wallis Financial System Inquiry and eight years after the creation of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the bodies are in discussions about how ...

ATO to create single lost super gateway

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... These changes will not affect State and Territory government superannuation schemes. In other legislative news, the Streamlining Superannuation legislative package stemming from the Federal Budget has been introduced into Parliament. Treasurer Peter ...

At long last some logic on FSR streamlining

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
The Government has proposed reforms to FSR that may at long last restore some balance to the more extreme rules that have plagued financial planners and locked some consumers out of getting advice. Chris Pearce, parliamentary secretary to the Treasurer ...

Boomer Budget bonanza

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
... executive of IFSA. "The ABA looks forward to consulting with the Federal Government on its superannuation plan aimed at streamlining the contribution and payment rules," said the Australian Banking Association. Rarely has a non-election Budget received ...

Coin software signs up Asteron and ANZ

... line. For example, a recent survey by Investment Trends found that 72 per cent of financial advisers want further streamlining of financial planning software and platforms. On that front, Investment Trends singled out Aviva's n-link (Navigator) software ...

Twin strategy needed to boost super savings: ABA

... the superannuation work test, removing aged-based limits to contributions, adjusting Reasonable Benefits Limits, streamlining taxation, and reviewing income stream rules that actually act against the public policy objectives. But the ABA has also suggested ...