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Skaffold appointment signals assault on SMSF market

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... Skaffold.com has appointed Trevor Clisby to lead its expansion into financial services and self-managed super fund (SMSF) administrator markets. Clisby's title is head of wholesale markets. He has over 25 years of financial markets experience having ...

Skaffold targets SMSF with latest hire

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
Independent stock research company Skaffold looks to expand further into the SMSF administrator markets with its latest hire. Trevor Clisby, who was most recently general manager at Green Light Super Services, has been appointed head of wholesale markets. ...

Administrators fined over 'free ' SMSF set up claims

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)A has ordered a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) administration service provider to pay an infringement notice penalty after claiming its service was free. Your Super Accountant has paid ...

Bravura promotes exec to CIO role

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
Bravura Solutions has promoted head of IT and hosting services Terry McCann to the role of chief information officer (CIO) with a global remit. The company said the move follows increased interest in its managed service offering from across the Asia ...

FSI asks industry to consider greater ASIC powers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) Committee, headed up by chairman David Murray, has questioned whether the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) requires greater powers to better monitor Australia's financial services industry. In ...

SAS Trustee renews Pillar admin contract

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... the 2013/2014 financial year and another major client, FSS Trustee Corporation, re-signing with the superannuation administrator. Pillar Administration is one of Australia's leading superannuation administration providers, with more than $96 billion ...

Beware engaged baby boomers, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
Increased member engagement could lead to a spike in complaints, according to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) chairperson Jocelyn Furlan. Furlan said this was a particular danger among the baby boomer generation, who have proved some of ...

Platforms pushed by utility as well as technology

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
While rapid advances in technology is putting platforms under pressure to keep evolving, platform operators believe they need to not just add functionality but features that actually improve investor's connectivity and usefulness. Speaking at the "Riding ...

'Choice' dashboard, portfolio disclosure delayed to 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
The government has announced that the start date for the product dashboard for 'choice' super funds and introduction of the portfolio holdings disclosure regime will be delayed 12 months to July 2015. Rollout of the MySuper product dashboard is unaffected ...

SPAA and Macquarie to investigate SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) and Macquarie will investigate SMSF business models in a newly launched survey that is targeting financial advisers, accountants, administrators and stockbrokers. The findings of the survey will ...