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GBST launches SuperStream gateway

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
GBST has launched its SuperStream Gateway for superannuation rollover and contribution transactions in time for the new requirements on 1 July. The gateway allows employers to make automated contributions to super funds and allow super funds to automate ...

Senate inquiry reccommends Royal Commission into CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
The Senate Economics Committee has recommended that the government establish an independent inquiry in the form of a judicial inquiry or a Royal Commission to examine the cases of adviser misconduct within the Commonwealth Bank financial planning businesses. ...

Super contribution caps "limited and inadequate": Deloitte

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014

Bank cross-sell growing but slowly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
While industry funds fear banks are targeting them to boost wallet share of their customers, research from Roy Morgan reveals banks lose more of their customers' business to other banks. According to the research, Roy Morgan found that the Big 4 retail ...

Young adviser wins first Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has awarded a young financial adviser the inaugural Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Dixon Advisory financial planner Erin Shields took out the award for being the highest achieving student in last ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
A correction is looming... and soon! Right on schedule Virginia, we're again hearing calls for a dip, a fall, a stumble, a correction on Wall Street straight after both the S&P 500's and the Dow's climb to fresh record highs last week, yet again. How ...

FSC leads Asia Funds Passport delegation to Korea

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
The Financial Services Council is today leading a delegation of fund managers to South Korea to discuss the Asian Region Funds Passport (ARFP) and the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) with Korean CEOs and officials. Parliamentary Secretary ...

Exceeding your MAXpectations

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
As I count down to the final hours before the weekend, my mind is already racing to next Wednesday, when we host our annual forum and awards for sales and marketing professionals in financial services (a.k.a. MAX). MAX is inspired by TED, the widely-lauded ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
"Plus ASa change, plus c'est la mAame chose!" Pardon my french, Virginia. But nah, I'm not swearing... it's an honest to goodness French phrase that translates to "the more things change, the more they stay the same." This came to my balding head as ...

Low rates force banks to change term deposit strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
Australia's low interest rates are driving clients away from term deposits and forcing banks to come up with alternative strategies. As many as 36,000 big four bank clients have left their term deposits during the last year, the Roy Morgan Consumer ...