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Cormann ready to issue views on Senate FoFA report

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... spokesperson for the Minister confirmed to Financial Standard that "the government will announce its approach to proposed improvements to financial advice laws shortly." The response "will include a considered response to the recommendations made by ...

Firms urged to get ready for SuperStream

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... there was no consistency in the data required to deal with contributions. "SuperStream is one of the most significant improvements to the compulsory superannuation system since its inception 20 years ago," Hind said in a statement today. Firms with 20 ...

Treasury consults on unclaimed monies time window

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... place on the community and industry," noted the discussion paper. The discussion paper has also asked what potential improvements could be introduced to the associated administrative arrangements associated with handling these unclaimed monies. Treasury ...

BT adds new capabilities to wrap platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... tolerance reporting. BT Financial Group head of platforms Kelly Power said: "I am very excited about the continued improvements we are making to BT Wrap and how advisers are embracing them. "We do not take our leading market position for granted, and ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... current administration." "We believe the resulting gains in government revenue generation, spending efficiency, and the improvements in public debt profile and investment environment will at least be preserved in the medium term under the next administration." ...

NAB wealth division reports flat earnings

LAURA MILLAN AND AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... its Australian and UK operations. Chief executive Cameron Clyne said the troubled UK business was benefiting from improvements in the economy and added that better results in the housing sector and business confidence should help lift credit growth in ...

Macquarie profit up 49%

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... to $450 million, while its annuity-style business lifted its profit 26% to $445 million. Macquarie expects further improvements from its businesses in 2014/15, but anticipates its profit will be roughly in line with this year's result, which was boosted ...

Compliance absorbs half of platforms' development budget

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... for better usability, reporting and support continued to drive intense competition, which resulted in a number of improvements in functionality. "The level of development is reflective of the high level of competition in the industry, Investment Trends ...

Advisers under threat from robot replacements

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... making of an algorithm represents a comparative advantage over human operators." "With incremental technological improvements, the comparative advantage of human labour in perception and manipulation tasks could eventually diminish," the research said. ...

NAB CEO Clyne to retire

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... revitalisation of the Personal Bank, grown our already strong position in business banking, and achieved material improvements in customer satisfaction and reputation. We have also worked methodically through our legacy issues while still making transformational ...