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Aussie fintechs sell to grow

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... necessarily worry about the good times, they worry about what the bad times could look like. So you need to work out what plan B is and you give people the ability to do that," Hellyer said. "If you can learn to drive a car, you can learn to manage your ...

Red tape being reduced for super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
The federal government is preparing to enact some of its 2015 budget promises that will likely reduce red tape for superannuation funds. Draft legislation announced on Friday aims to allow the Commissioner of Taxation to pay super amounts directly to ...

IOOF merges two licences

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
IOOF has merged licences My Adviser and Plan B into Consultum and Shadforth. An IOOF spokesperson said, "The reasoning behind the transition of the advisers in both cases is that it makes sense to consolidate smaller licences, such as MyAdviser and ...

A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... creditors still refuses to deal... and financial markets remain nonchalant, i.e. small contagion at the most? What's Tsipras' Plan B? Whoopsie! Sorry about that for he already has a Plan B - litigate the beejesus out of 'em. "The Athens government has ...

PROFILE: IOOF managing director Chris Kelaher

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... remained the group's brand since then. In 2011, the group embarked in the $94 million acquisition of DKN and the $50 million Plan B deal followed a year later. Kelaher signals that IOOF was able to undertake so many acquisitions because there were not ...

Plan sponsors have fiduciary obligations: SCOTUS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
In a case that is expected to send shock waves through the US workplace superannuation market, the US Supreme Court has agreed that 401(k) sponsors have a fiduciary obligation to not just monitor their funds but remove underperforming or excessively ...

CPlan partners with Decimal Software

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
CLEAR Planning Solutions (CPlan) has selected Decimal Software Limited to provide the technology for its outsourced paraplanning and support solutions. CPlan will also provide data migration services for Decimal customers requiring support in transitioning ...

Un-taper re-reflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... alone head for a crash -- October being October - before the FOMC meets in a forthnight's time, the Fed might initiate Plan B - un-taper and re-reflate. The 64 million dollar question is would it work on the markets again this time as QE3 did after QE2... ...

UniSuper still fighting Westfield change

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... rejected. Since then, Westfield Group has unveiled plans for an alternative restructure without the involvement of WRT. Under "Plan B", the Australian and NZ assets could be run by a new entity named Newco Australasia, independently of WRT. WRT has warned ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets after Federal Reserve chief nominee Janet Yellen bolstered expectations of the Fed keeping the flow of easy money. At 0752 AEDT on Monday, the December share price ...