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Investors better off without legacy

Three months after the government issued a consultation paper outlining ways to rationalise more than 6,000 legacy investment products, industry body Investment and Financial Services Association has submitted its own list of recommendations. Back in ...

CBA plans CommSec Bank

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... corporate and business online transaction site, CommBiz. CBA chief executive Ralph Norris said 10,000 customers had moved from legacy platforms to CommBiz since December. The bank has established a dedicated agribusiness customer service centre. It launched ...

Plan to give: Perpetual

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... accumulates and your trust grows without having to pay income tax or capital gains tax, to become a significant, enduring legacy. Additionally it provides the ability to pool money with others for greater return to donate to charitable causes," Knowles ...

Govt push for reforms in $221.4b legacy products sector

... obsolete or outdated investment products, the Government has released a consultation paper outlining ways to rationalise 6,000 legacy investment products estimated to be worth $221.4 billion. Among the Government's proposals is to introduce the compulsory ...

'Tis the season to be philanthropic

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
... spread the deduction over a five-year period. "As the CEF can continue in perpetuity, it allows benefactors to create a legacy of giving that can last for generations," he said. Next up was Enrich Australia, who, with sponsors AMP Capital Investors ...

Super fees battle competition and returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... drivers influencing fee reduction since 2004 as increased average account balances, strong market performance, the decline in legacy products, several large fund mergers and outsourcing in the corporate fund sector." However, Rainmaker fee data to April ...

Local banks face global assault

... the banks [in Australia], I don't think there's been a core banking replacement in the last 20 years. They are running on legacy systems." This opens opportunities to global banks such as HSBC and Citibank although Marks conceded that both banks may ...

Bravura's Dunstan joins Quipoz board

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
Legacy software and technology transformation business Quipoz has announced the appointment of Bravura Solutions group chief executive officer and managing director, Iain Dunstan, as non-executive director. "We are delighted to have Iain join our Board ...

Stone age funds up for reforms

The Federal Government is looking into legacy products in the managed funds industry as the next area for reforms in an effort to drive more cost savings in the $221 billion sector. Speaking at the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) ...

Trade faster than a speeding bullet: INSTINET

... per cent higher than in Japan," said McDonald, continuing that it's because most of the European platforms are sitting on legacy technologies that are not as efficient as the cutting edge platforms developed and used in the US. The end goal is to provide ...