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AMP updates SMSF platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... Kurt Groeneveld, the changes were made to accommodate "extensive testing and feedback from existing superMate users, with a focus on simplification and a better user experience." Specifically, the platform has been given a new user interface and refined ...

Netwealth is highest-rated adviser platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... support. "With the aim of improving adviser efficiency and providing greater transparency, the platform industry saw continued focus on enhancing and refreshing platform portals," Investment Trends senior analyst King Loong Choi said. Choi added, "We ...

SMSFs to remain popular despite political uncertainty

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
Advisory firm HLB Mann Judd Sydney believes the popularity of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) will continue to increase regardless of federal government changes to the retirement income system. HLB Mann Judd wealth management partner Jonathan ...

ANZ reduces 146 Oasis staff in Macquarie partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
ANZ and Macquarie have partnered to develop a new wrap platform for ANZ advisers. Under the agreement, Macquarie will take effective stewardship over ANZ subsidiary business Oasis, with ANZ staff being reduced over the next 18 months as administration ...

AZ NGA acquires second RI Advice practice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
AZ Next Generation Advisory has acquired its eighth financial advice practice, the second from the RI Advice Group. AZ NGA's latest acquisition is Empowered Financial Partners, established in 1994 as Williamstown Financial Services and manages $134 ...

Martin Currie argues for multi-assets in retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... crisis (GFC) had led people to lose faith in traditional equity strategies, but we found that by changing the investment focus from valuing the total returns of an asset class to valuing their income returns, retirees can reduce the need to fund income ...

CBA risk officer retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... another two years. Announcing the change to CBA's senior executive team today, chief executive Ian Narev said Toevs will focus on balance sheet management and quantitative analytics. He will also be a director on subsidiary boards. "During his eight ...

Retail super portfolios dodge disclosure: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
Industry representative groups believe the federal government's draft on improved superannuation transparency does not go far enough, with at least $400 billion in retail fund assets escaping proposed disclosure requirements. In submissions to government ...

ANZ rolls out new executive team

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... PlantA(C), is also leaving. Elliott said the changes simplify how the bank works internally and "allow us to bring greater focus to what we do uniquely well for our customers." "The aim is to ensure we successfully compete in a world where connectivity ...

Cbus hires business development manager from Media Super

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... Announcing the appointment, executive manager, Jarrod Coysh said: "Cbus recently established the employer experience division to focus on employers and industry bodies. Lisa's appointment to this new role is a critical part of building our capacity to ...