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Suncorp keeps it simple

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... focus on areas such as organisational redesign through the Group's operational excellence program, decommissioning of 12 legacy policy systems and consolidation of general insurance licences. Speaking at Suncorp's Investor Day, Group chief executive ...

Hyperion restructures, names new MD

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... competitive advantage is clear," said Deborah Beale, chairman of Hyperion Asset Management Limited. "One element of Manny's legacy at Hyperion Asset Management is the development of a stable and high quality team of investment and business management ...

FOFA passing causes industry division

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... could have been the White Knight of financial services reform, as Paul Keating was of superannuation. Unfortunately, his legacy will be more like that of Lord Voldemort." As expected, the Coalition has renewed its pledge to remove opt-in, improve Best ...

Legacy systems cause super funds to rethink op models

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... Australian superannuation industry following the Cooper Review have resulted in super funds dealing with multiple cumbersome legacy systems. The move to greater transparency on the buy-side as a result of regulatory changes however, necessitates new ...

OnePath wins LGsuper mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... insurance at OnePath. "Following the LGsuper and City Super merger, LGsuper has been working towards consolidating its legacy insurance arrangements with one group insurer from 1 July 2012, with a view to improving its insurance offering," said LGsuper ...

Russell urges advisers to keep low value clients

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... reforms has been the industry-wide dropping of lower value clients by advisers who currently use out-dated and expensive legacy products as higher balance clients subsidise the cost of advice delivery. With the impending introduction of opt-in and fee ...

IMF just as baffled as we are

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... monetary policy is more constrained, banking problems will again have to be addressed, and the crisis has left behind a legacy of public debt - about 30 percentage points of gross domestic product higher than before, on average, in advanced countries." ...

Super funds need modern platforms to disclose holdings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds worried about the cost of disclosing their portfolio holdings need to ditch their old legacy platforms, one of the world's biggest platform providers said yesterday. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) this ...

SimCorp appoints new head of sales in Asia

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... said fund managers need systems that can react to changing regulation requirements and that they face the need to replace legacy-based systems to reduce costs competitively. "A legacy-based system is like being on a 'burning platform'. Fund managers ...

Schroders move $25bn to single platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... business constraints to Sydney based portfolios with the Dimension platform providing a bi-annual update and moving away from legacy custody-based systems. Australia is the final country to be moved onto the business's Singapore-based investment management ...