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AMP upgrades platforms

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... AMP has sought feedback from advisers to ensure the enhancements we've made will make a real difference, allowing them to focus on spending more time with their clients and helping them achieve their financial goals." AMP said further improvements to ...

Financial services to be a greater part of "economic narrative"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... want to be forward-looking and plan for the future sources of our growth, it's clear that the services sector should be our focus. For one thing, it's perfectly natural for a developed country to change their focus to services. "As incomes have risen ...

Productivity Commission should focus on Choice underperformance: AIST

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia has said that the Productivity Commission Review of superannuation should focus on the underperformance of funds in the Choice sector. Specifically, Garcia recommended that the review should examine ...

Treasurer hints at super concession adjustments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... concessions of superannuation as part of this process. "Super concessions, or more targeted concessions is something I want to focus on," he continued. "The biggest proportion of concessions goes to the highest earners. Very little that we put into super ...

Regulators coordinating efforts to protect super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... going on." Tanzer added that most of ASIC's efforts in the SMSF sector were currently centred on raising standards. A recent focus on SMSF auditors had unearthed some 400 people practicing without the appropriate qualifications or experience.

PC to lead another inquiry into super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... alternative models for a formal competitive process for allocating default fund members to products." The PC has been briefed to focus on whether the market is sufficiently open to innovation, new entrants and streamlining of costs; whether the system's ...

AMP Capital records solid profit growth

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... due to strong net cashflows and investment returns generating growth of over 10% in average AUM from 2014 and a continued focus on costs which declined 2.7% from 2014. The Australian wealth protection division saw operating earnings decline 2% to $185 ...

Zurich launches LIF support initiative

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... all the practical ways advisers have told us they want to be supported," said Brooks. "For example, efficiency is a key focus for advisers right now, so we are concentrating on those technology based initiatives which can bring greater efficiency to ...

Colonial First State partners with UTS

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... Faculty of Engineering and IT, Professor Ian Burnett, said: "The UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT has always had a strong focus on collaborative research with the aim of putting the best research tools into the hands of practitioners. "The work Colonial ...

Topdocs adds Commonwealth Bank integration

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... such as the CBA enables us to provide great efficiencies for advisers when ordering their legal documents, enabling them to focus more on income producing work and less on administration." Topdocs will be demonstrating its new integration with CBA at ...