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State Street launches investment governance tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
State Street Corporation has launched a series of investment analytics tools to help superannuation funds prepare for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) prudential standard SPS 530 on investment governance. The tool allows trustees ...

Fin planners more upbeat over reforms: Zurich

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... manager of retail life and investments Philip Kewin. Kewin said programs run by dealer groups to help their advisers prepare for reforms appear to be working. Respondents were asked to indicate their sentiment across five key areas, using a seven-point ...

Better 2013 outlook risks complacency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... Bank (WB) - in its semi-annual Global Economic Prospects report - warned the people of the financial market world to prepare for a global downturn of Lehmanesque proportions in the middle of the first month of 2012. "An escalation of the (European) crisis ...

BT hires new head of super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... has been called-out as core to the Westpac Group's strategy, given its critical importance in helping Australian's prepare for a better retirement and the expected growth in the industry," said general manager of superannuation Deanne Stewart. "The super ...

Who wants to be a rock star?

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... a result. "Mentees will be returning in 2013 for the second year of the program when their mentors will help them prepare for the transition to high school - the next critical phase of their young lives," she said. FICAP shares a commitment to providing ...

Mercer partners with superMate in SMSF market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... offering "adds to our existing range of products and services for SMSF trustees, accountants and advisers as they prepare for retirement." "This is the first of a new round of product innovations in the SMSF market for Mercer as we roll out our suite ...

MLC adds nine inv options to super product

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... for its members and advisers. It has also reduced a number of fees and improved the transparency of the product to prepare for the upcoming Future of Financial Advice reforms. Additionally, a buy-sell spreads have been introduced to make transacting ...

We'll hunt down commission 'work around': FSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... provisions and also unfairly disadvantage those advisers who are working hard to treat their customers fairly and prepare for the upcoming changes," the FSA said in a statement. The FSA is concerned that certain firms may be looking to 'work around' ...

Life readies for new cap increases

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... increase of $503 million. Craig Dunn, AMP CEO, said that the company had continued to strengthen its capital position to prepare for regulatory changes, and "was holding a significant capital surplus." However, while AMP is well advanced in its preparation ...

Higher profits/lower dividends: AMP FHY result

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... payout range. Ongoing regulatory change in the industry has meant AMP has built up a significant capital buffer to prepare for the implementation costs, it said. AMP expects that the one-off cost of implementing the Future of Financial Advice reforms ...