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NAB confirms fresh managerial changes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
National Australia Bank (NAB) has confirmed a fresh round of senior executive changes. While the bank would not confirm which executives were offered new positions or how many were effected, it is understood that the changes affected MLC. The changes ...

Still opportunities for flexible bond managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
Finding good returns in the fixed income market in 2013 is going to take a lot of flexibility, according to global fixed income giant Amundi. Equity market volatility and the compression of bond yields around the world has made fixed income assets a ...

CFS FirstWrap enhances corporate actions feature

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... recent success in the platform arena with plans to bring additional functionality features in the future. "There's an upgrade coming that'll help advisers deal with some aspects of the FoFA reforms and we have a number of other features in the pipeline," ...

MLC head to leave in NAB executive shake-up

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
The National Australia Bank has confirmed the departure of MLC head Steve Tucker in a dramatic shake-up of its executive team. The bank announced a significant restructure in a strategy and technology update released today. Current group executive of ...

Debt free and dividend rich: Fiducian

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... tax for the half-year to December of $1.69 million, in a period that saw the company wrap up its two-year long system upgrade and acquisitions. This morning the listed company released its half year results, focusing investor attention on its debt-free ...

ATO upgrades SMSF and SuperSeeker website

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
The Australian Taxation Office is conducting a survey of SMSF trustees to investigate if it should put more SMSF tax interpretations on their website. To ascertain the type of SMSF information trustees and service providers want, they are conducting ...

Game changer in six months: AMP SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
AMP Group's self-managed super fund business is now managing more than 9,100 SMSF accounts, more than treble the number it managed in the first half of last year. AMP has been able to position its business in the SMSF market and has become one of the ...

Macquarie Life outperforms in satisfaction stakes

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Macquarie Life has been awarded a five-star status for overall satisfaction in the Beaton Benchmarks 2012 - Life Insurance Intermediaries Study for the fifth consecutive year, making it the only provider in the Australian insurance market to achieve ...

CBA to snare DIY investors with MyWealth platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... driving seat of their own investment decisions. It's understood the (MyWealth) platform was facilitated by a $1 billion upgrade to CBA systems over the last five years.

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher despite a fall on Wall Street, supported by gains in the financial and resources sectors. At 1029 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.6 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 4,895.4, and the ...