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Mercer and Bravura combine for super admin

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... and pacific market leader, Ben Walsh, said: "In this digital age, Bravura's Sonata wealth management platform with its modern mobile, web and messaging capabilities, will play a critical role in the achievement of our business objectives. "Mercer is ...

Old families make way for self-made billionaires

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, when entrepreneurship in the US and Europe drove the first wave of innovation in modern history." For more family offices and private wealth stories check FS Private Wealth

Groups call for default super fund decoupling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... saying the company's APRA authorised MySuper product should automatically be eligible to be a default fund irrespective of modern awards. "Logic dictates that we should be able to offer our product to employers and their employees everywhere," he said. ...

Treasury to simplify foreign investment framework

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... framework and updating the legislation to reflect current administrative practices and regulatory concepts, as well as for modern business and corporate finance practices. It also proposes exempting proposals that are unlikely to affect the national ...

HUB24 and GPS Wealth launch managed accounts platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... implementing our CAREportfolio investment suite," GPS Wealth managing director Grahame Evans said. "Our advisers now have a modern flexible platform solution that means less paperwork, more transparency and greater control over clients' tax outcomes. ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... haze. Surprise of surprises. San Fran after all was the seat of "Flower Power" - "The term later became generalized as a modern reference to the hippie movement and the so-called counterculture of drugs, psychedelic music, psychedelic art and social ...

IFAs to benefit from budget

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... statement that the small business asset write-off was a "very practical way to help these businesses work smarter with modern equipment and technology. The cost of setting up a business will be reduced with legal and accounting advice being written off ...

Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
When India Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Australia in November 2014, he sparked such enthusiasm among politicians and citizens that for a few days all we could see in the media was his friendly, bearded smile. Indian citizens in Australia were ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... Commission duplicates and undermines this role by selecting a limited number of compulsory default funds for employers using Modern Awards. Just as we should guarantee choice to consumers, employers should be allowed to select a default fund from all ...

Super modern awards anti-competitive: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Research by the Financial Services Council (FSC) suggests that modern awards are reducing competition in the superannuation industry. FSC's analysis of the modern awards system demonstrates a disproportionate representation of industry, government and ...