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Macquarie seeks banking licence in Britain

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
Macquarie Bank plans to apply for a banking licence in Britain as a way of acquiring a "passport" to do more business in Europe. The bank's chief executive Allan Moss said Macquarie would submit an application to the UK Financial Services Authority ...

World first index monetises climate change risk

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
Research and ratings agency RepuTex will establish the world's first climate change growth index in July, quantifying for the first time the impact of a carbon-constrained environment on businesses listed on the ASX 300. The company looked at current ...

Mile high wages club to soar

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
With a tight labour market and skills shortages pumping up wages, commercial pilots look to be next to join the mile-high club in wages growth, adding to recent burgeoning national wages growth. Australia's wages are said to have grown at a record pace ...

ARIA appoints Exec of the Year as new deputy CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
ARIA has appointed former MTAA executive and 2006 Fund Executives Association (FEAL) Executive of the Year Paul Watson as deputy chief executive officer of the $17 billion Australian public servant super fund. Commencing on 16 July, Watson arrives after ...

Costello launches Simpler Super ad campaign

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello and Assistant Treasurer Peter Dutton today launched a $69 million campaign to educate the public about the changes in superannuation that come into effect from 1 July. The "Better Super" initiative aims to inform Australians ...

Super choice Budget boost

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
Wealth managers usually complain that Governments change the rules too often and how they should leave the industry alone for a while, and yet after last night's Budget they are complaining there weren't enough changes. Given the industry is still digesting ...

Fin Synergy upgrades Acurity ahead of D-day

Financial Synergy has released a Simpler Super-friendly version of its flagship administration platform Acurity ahead of the superannuation reforms due to take effect 1 July. "Acurity 7.1 will allow Acurity clients to become fully compliant and up-to-date ...

Party like it's 1983

Australian workers who took out super before 1983 have two months to consolidate their pre-1983 super accounts and save tens of thousands of dollars, according to a self managed super fund expert. Martin Murden, a director at Partners' Superannuation ...

BT to collect TFNs online

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
BT Financial Solutions is making it easier for customers to provide tax file numbers (TFN) in the lead up to the 1 July super changes by launching an online TFN updating tool. As part of the raft of changes to superannuation to come into effect 1 July ...

AFS increases stake in Salisbury

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
AFS has acquired a 'strategic stake' The Salisbury Group (TSG) dealership, adding 30 financial planning practices to its books and expanding its Funds Under Advice (FUA) to $6 billion. The full extent of the increase is unclear, as AFS chief executive ...