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Coin extends MLC and Macq service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... facilities to advisers following a tech upgrade with Coin. MLC platform users can now open accounts online, receive automatic updates of client portfolios and no longer need to manually download and import files. In addition, Coin users can refresh individual ...

Once lost, now found: super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
Australians still have a gigantic $12 billion in lost super but a concerted effort by the government, regulators and wealth management industry is slowly reducing the amount of misplaced retirement savings. AUSfund for one has returned nearly $40 million ...

eWrap veteran unveils free planning tool

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
The man behind Asgard Wealth Solutions' eWrap, former project director, Jan Kolbusz has resurfaced and developed decimal - a free website that allows financial planners to quickly make a statement of advice (SoA). Managing director of decimal, Kolbusz ...

Account switching is too much trouble

In a parallel for consumer complaints about the difficulty in changing super funds, a new survey has shown that a majority of people think switching banks is too much of a hassle. Fifty-four per cent of the 2000 respondents to a Research International ...

Wage bill to drive pension growth: WW

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The UK government's proposal to increase the adult national minimum wage for 21 year olds could raise employer pension contributions by 50 per cent, according to Watson Wyatt. According to the current bill before parliament, employees over the age of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... from payroll company ADP made investors cautiously optimistic about the government's upcoming July employment report. Automatic Data Processing said private sector employment rose by 9,000 this month. After seeing jobs disappear by the thousands in recent ...

Deloitte pushes for cyber advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
Financial planners who don't exploit online technology could miss out, as technology savvy clients demand faster and more online-based services from them, according to Peter Williams, Deloitte Digital chief executive. Speaking at an IFSA Deloitte Future ...

NZX plugs into SWIFTNet

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
The New Zealand Exchange (NZX) selected SWIFTNet for its clearing and settlement messaging services. SWIFT is an interconnected communications platform that allows users to exchange automatically using standardised financial information in a secure ...

GESB converts to a 'true' mutual

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
WA-based $8.8 billion super fund GESB is next month scrapping its status as a public-servant only super fund and flicking the switch to become a mutual, complete with voting rights and direct member ownership. Starting 1 July, GESB members will have ...

Paid maternity leave must include super: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Paid maternity leave schemes must not ignore superannuation, warns the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). In its submission to the Productivity Commission, the AIST which is the peak super body for nearly two-thirds of the Australian ...