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Bravura momentum rolls on with Essential

Bravura Solutions Limited (Bravura) has added to recent acquisitions by buying a computer systems specialist, Essential Computer Systems (Essential), to drive their online superannuation and adviser support business systems. The purchase of Essential ...

Exchange traded funds to surge

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are big in the US but have barely made a ripple in the local market and fund manager INVESCO wants that to change. INVESCO's UK parent AMVESCAP has just signed a deal to buy PowerShares, the fastest growing ETF provider ...

Asgard puts cash first with eCASH and Cash Connect

In a move that cements Asgard Wealth Solution's role as a trendsetter in the platform sector, the group has announced the launch of two cash products designed to help financial planners manage the cash component of their client's accounts better. Asgard ...

Companies make smooth IFRS transition: ASIC

Australian companies have made a smooth transition to the Australian equivalent to IFRS, according to an ASIC review into the implementation of the new reporting standards. Jeffrey Lucy, chairman of ASIC, released ASIC's findings. "Transition to AIFRS ...

Daily economic update

The slowdown in the Australian property market continues. According to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) the total value of dwelling finance commitments -- excluding alterations and additions -- fell by 0.4 per cent ...

ABS christmas gift: free statisics for one and all

The Australian Bureau of Statistics will no longer charge for statistics, provided users access the website and obtain electronic versions. The announcement about the new deal was made recently by the Treasurer Peter Costello when marking recent 100th ...

Daily Economic Update

Today's report indicating weakness in the Australian housing market reinforces our expectations for steady interest rates. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the total number of dwelling commencements dropped by 5 per cent in the September ...

CARE for interactive education

CARE Super joins a growing list of super funds eager to raise financial literacy when it launched an interactive online e-seminar service on superannuation today. The educational tool is available through the fund's website and developed after the group's ...

Machiavellian Macville gets prison term

A former financial planner and adviser from Queensland was sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment after being found guilty of six fraud charges. Robert Pierre Macville funnelled client funds of around $470,000 into his own private company Macville ...

Vision Super eyes HBA for discount health cover deal

Vision Super is giving its members a pre-Christmas gift through a 5 per cent discount on their private health insurance, thanks to its tie-up with health fund HBA. Vision announced today that it struck a deal with HBA, part of global health care giant ...