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COIN software FoFA ready: Rubik

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
ASX listed Rubik Financial Limited said today that its updated financial planning software, COIN version 4.0 is compliant with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. New functions have been included that allow users to meet the fee disclosure ...

YBR posts a $6.83m loss

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Yellow Brick Road has reported a loss of $6.83 million against revenues of $14.8 million for the full year to 30 June. During the year, YBR's branch revenue rose by 93% while professional service revenues fell by 13%. The firm's key focus has been building ...

Australian foundations sample impact investing

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Philanthropic foundations need to look to impact investments, including allocating from the corpus to market rate investments where they align with the foundation's mission and programmatic goals. Chief executive of the Global Impact Investing Network ...

IRESS renews NAB wealth tech agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
National Australia Bank has retained IRESS with a renewed multi-year agreement for the supply of wealth technology to the bank's advice channels. Under the new agreement, XPLAN will be rolled out to the entire NAB and MLC network of more than 4000 users ...

Asset Super and CareSuper merger set for October

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
After a year of delays, industry super funds Asset Super and CareSuper said Friday they would merge on October 26 this year. The boards of the two funds agreed to in-principle support for the merger in September last year subject to due diligence, although ...

Investment banking scale down: Barclays

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
British bank Barclays may scale down its investment banking arm, after new chief executive Antony Jenkins said new regulations would "make some activities in investment banking difficult to make an adequate return on." He said profits would be hit by ...

So where's the QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." - Robert McCloskey By now you would have read the various and myriad of interpretations to US Federal Reserve Chairman ...

Barclays announces new CEO amid new investigation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Barclays has named head of retail and business banking Anthony Jenkins new chief executive, just one day after the announcement the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had launched an investigation into a 2008 deal with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. Jenkins ...

FMD acquires two fin planning firms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
Melbourne based independently owned financial planning practice FMD Financial has acquired Investwell Financial Planning and Financial Lifestyle Managers, adding over $160 million of funds under advice (FUA) to the firm. Lee Wapling chief executive ...

Remove insurance from super: Cassidy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
Tasplan chief Neil Cassidy says insurance should be removed from superannuation and a national scheme put in place instead. Cassidy expects a national scheme to offer more universal coverage with cost and efficiency benefits for both members and funds. ...