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Advice licensee uses tech to bypass paraplanning

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) has partnered with a technology provider to add efficiency to the advice process and bypass paraplanning completely. SSFS managing director, Michael Monaghan, said the company is pursuing a growth strategy that ...

UniSuper appoints legal specialists

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
Further developing its insourcing business model, industry fund UniSuper has appointed two executives to lead the advice and finance divisions of its legal services team. Joining UniSuper as head of risk and legal services for finance, operations, technology ...

September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... percent Wednesday, up from just 38 percent just two days earlier. What's fueled the change of heart? Hawkish comments from Fed Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart on Tuesday, and a surprisingly strong report on U.S. service-sector growth Wednesday ...

Suncorp Life super channel leads profit growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... in sales in both WealthSmart through the Suncorp salaried planners' channel and Suncorp Everyday Super through the Suncorp Bank branches." Overall underlying after-tax profit was $125 million. According to Suncorp's statement, this was driven by "favourable ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
It wasn't only the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) that didn't surprise with its unchanged policy decision yesterday, that other reserve bank did too. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced no change in policy settings following the conclusion of ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street following a mixed batch of earnings reports and another big decline by technology giant Apple. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
Our very own Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will hold its monthly Board meeting today to deliberate on the economy's monetary policy setting. This month looks easy-peasy for the RBA. Keep the official cash rate steady at 2.0% plus a few minor tweaks ...

Industry fears the Uber of finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... BNP Paribas report showed. In the '2025: The Future of Wholesale Banking - And What It Means for Australia', the investment bank found that keeping pace with technical developments is expected to be the greatest challenge for corporates in the future ...

Action plans for Indigenous super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
HESTA is the first industry superannuation fund to launch a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) aiming to further build its relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders. HESTA executive people strategy, Sophie Sigalas, said the ...

TCorp chief executive resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... funds under management on behalf of NSW authorities. Prior to TCorp, Knight was head of treasury and capital markets at Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) Australia and he also held senior treasury roles for ANZ and Australia Bank. His resignation comes ...