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Government delays SuperStream deadline

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The government has pushed back the deadline at which super funds must comply with SuperStream to 1 July 2015. The SuperStream regime is due to commence on 1 July 2014, at which time employers with more than 20 employees will be able to start making ...

FSC apologises to AusSuper for misinformed tweet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has issued an apology on Twitter after it wrongly stated that AustralianSuper collects $19 million a year for intra-fund advice. The tweet, which was issued on 22 May, stated: "$19 million collected by AustralianSuper ...

BT adds new capabilities to wrap platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
BT Wrap has added bulk linking and rebalancing to its model portfolio offering in a move it says will allow dealer groups and advisers "to create even greater efficiencies in managing their client portfolios." The new capabilities will allow advisers ...

OMFG! Australia could lose an A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
We're in trouble now Virginia... you, I and Irene! That credit ratings agency - Standard & Poor's has waded in into the Federal Budget and put us, Australians all, on notice. Just read S&P's sovereign analyst Craig Michael's lips: "If it looked as though ...

When Maslow's Theory and Marketing Collide

Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs." - Peter Drucker, father of modern management and marketing If marketing is so important to a business, why is it often the first thing cut when times are tough? Why chop one of two things ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Businesses ignorant of SuperStream requirements

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Almost 50% of businesses have limited or no knowledge of the SuperStream requirements, a survey conducted by AttachA(C) Software has found. From 1 July 2014, businesses with more than 20 employees will start using the SuperStream standards for sending ...

OneVue rebrands with new website and logo

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Managed account provider OneVue has rebranded its company logo and has launched a new website. "The new logo is true to OneVue's origins but at the same time has been reinvigorated while the new website is more encompassing of the complete range of ...

NAB and ABS employees arrested for insider trading fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
A National Australia Bank (NAB) employee and a public servant working for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have been arrested in a case of insider trading. They will appear this afternoon in front of the Magistrate Court in Canberra and in ...

SuperStream savings 'nowhere near' estimates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... on the other end of the phone didn't know what they were talking about, didn't know about SuperStream, didn't know what a USI was." This, she said, demonstrated that staff training is not currently sufficient in many funds, and is a "critical" issue. ...