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AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... Drug maker AbbVie sealed a tax-cutting $US54 billion takeover deal with Dublin-based Shire Pharmaceuticals as it plans to switch its tax base to Britain to avoid higher US taxes. AbbVie rose 2.6 per cent. In local economic news on Monday, the Commonwealth ...

FEATURE: The metamorphosis of custody

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
Spurred on by intense competition and increasingly exacting clients, custodians are transforming themselves into much more than just custodians. James Fernyhough takes a look at some of the new services they are offering. On the surface, custody looks ...

Telstra offers incentives to switch DB members to accumulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
Telstra has asked for volunteers from its approximately 6,100 employees who are on defined benefit pensions to switch to Telstra Super's accumulation division. "Telstra Super is well positioned to provide the information, education and advice that is ...

CFMEU organiser posed as Cbus employee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... union "didn't care how much we paid, they were going to close us down anyway." O'Neill said his employees asked Lis-Con to switch to a new default super fund "after all the leaks" from Cbus.

CBA's Narev leaves key questions unanswered

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive Ian Narev's main message during yesterday's address to the media was that the bank has switched to "a spirit of openness," but he left a number of key questions unanswered. "Over the past few weeks perhaps the ...

CBA boss to be grilled on Senate report

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) boss Ian Narev will front the media for the first time since a damning report called for a royal commission to investigate its financial advisers. Narev will face a media conference in Sydney at 1045 AEST on Thursday, a week ...

Top AMP exec leaves to join BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... executive officer Brad Cooper said that Howes' priority will be to develop products that encourage Westpac bank customers switch their MySuper account to BT. "Across the Westpac Group brands we have eight million Australians who have a MySuper product ...

JANA rejigs team after absorbing MLC IM

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... organisation will grow its client services team, following Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB) decision to switch asset consultants from Mercer to JANA. Speaking about the challenges in the asset consultancy sector, Patrick said that they ...

Majority of Australians say 'no' to fossil fuel investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... like the idea of divesting from fossil fuels if it harms returns. Three in five respondents said they would be likely to switch banks or super funds that did not invest in or finance the fossil fuel industry, on the provision that their new bank or super ...

ANZ streamlines OnePath's OneCare Express

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... different computers. The upgrade contemplates quoting and submitting an increase to an existing policy, improved navigation to switch between multiple clients and the possibility to scan and attach a paper personal statement to the electronic application. ...