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Provisio launches free online trial for IFAs

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
Small-to-medium enterprises and IFAs will now have access to Provisio Technologies' (Provisio) online scaled advice system via a free online trial. Prior to this the financial advice technology firm's advice tools had been used by major superannuation ...

Three IOOF funds qualify for SIV program

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
IOOF has become the latest fund manager to tailor products for the significant investor visa (SIV) program, with three of the group's Multimix funds qualifying as complying investments. The SIV was introduced in November 2012 to attract migrants with ...

Bravura gets go-ahead for Super TIC app

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
Bravura Solutions Limited has been certified by the Australian Tax Office to lodge superannuation tax file number integrity check (Super TIC) transactions through its Babel financial messaging application. Super TIC allows funds to validate a member's ...

Investors demand more clarity on carbon exposures

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
Fund managers must do more to disclose portfolio holdings so investors can assess their position in relation to environmental issues, according to the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP). The independent, not-for-profit organisation's stated aim ...

Curve ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013

IRESS acquires UK software firm Avelo

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
IRESS is set to acquire UK-based adviser technology provider Avelo for A£210 million ($362 million), according to an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The deal will be funded through $206 million share issue with each new share ...

Advisers warned to check pension start dates after new ruling

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
Advisers have been warned to pay closer attention to pension start dates following a tax office ruling explaining when a superannuation income stream commences and when it ceases, and consequently when a superannuation income stream is payable and taxable. ...

Most planners are aligned, consumers think otherwise

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
In an environment of increasing industry concentration, most financial advisers belong to an aligned dealer group, but their clients seem to think otherwise. About 28% of financial advisers belong to an independent dealer group and their funds under ...

Taxes, levies and fees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013

The life insurance sustainability challenge

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
Australian retail and group insurance markets need a greater focus on risk selection so that insurers can return to sustainable long-term profitability, Alain NA(C)emeh, executive vice president, Australia and Canada at Reinurance Group of America (RGA) ...