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The importance of Asian trade agreements

GREG O'NEILL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LA TROBE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015

Mother's Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
It's that time of the month again folks, the time of great anticipation for the coming of mother - the mother of all eco stats, that is. So wipe your microscopes clean and sharpen your scalpels. We'll need them to dissect and distil and scour the latest ...

Life Insurance Framework fear fading

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
The overwhelming majority of advisers are "glad" rather than "mad, sad or scared" about the looming Life Insurance Framework, according to Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Despite continued uncertainty regarding specific LIF ...

Class amends IPO after AMP acquisitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
Class, the self-managed superannuation fund administrative software provider, has lost about 10,500 billable SMSF portfolios from its customer base following two acquisitions announced by AMP. AMP has informed Class it will be moving the SMSF portfolios ...

SMSFs and infrastructure a good investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
The SMSF Association has renewed calls for the federal government to open up infrastructure investment to self-managed superannuation funds. At a time when both the government and opposition are focused on raising billions of dollars in capital to meet ...

Australian politics spooks foreign infra investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
Australia's volatile politics are spooking foreign institutional investors, who are interested on increasing their exposure to infrastructure, but have a negative feeling about the current context. A survey of major global and Australian investors by ...

PROFILE: SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
Fund and superannuation administrator MainstreamBPO listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) earlier this month and the milestone promised some exciting announcements. Darren Snyder talked to SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan about ...

TWU attacks retail super funds over board governance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
The Transport Workers' Union (TWU) is calling on the federal government to abolish retail superannuation funds instead of bringing in changes which will "damage the high-performing industry super system." In a scathing statement about the debate on ...

Retirement incomes become industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos believes the superannuation industry will struggle to further link the facets of retirement with a suitable pension system without more investment. Speaking at the ...

Fingerprint offered as bank password alternative

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
ING DIRECT customers will now be able to login to their banking app by scanning their finger prints on their capable iPhones and iPads. One in three mobile and tablet banking users use their mobile or tablet app at least once every day, compared to ...