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ASIC to be handed greater powers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The government has said it will grant the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) additional powers to effectively regulate the financial services sector. More than 10 months after the release of FSI chairman David Murray's final report ...

Super trustees get a handle on retirement income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... head of retirement income strategy, Nick Callil, said developing a super fund's retirement income strategy is not a simple task. "Given the range of retirement products and strategies available, the multitude of different risks and preferences that matter ...

Elliott new CEO at ANZ

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
ANZ will ring in the New Year with Shayne Elliott as its chief executive after the bank announced Mike Smith is stepping down in December. Elliott has been ANZ's chief financial officer for more than three years and is considered to be the right person ...

ASIC's robo-advice taskforce to monitor AFSLs

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
ASIC's brand new robo-advice taskforce will monitor businesses that intend to provide digital advice. The regulator thinks that "the majority of digital advice initiatives will be proposed by existing licensees rather than start-up businesses." Another ...

Midwinter gives Dover discount digital advice

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
Midwinter has partnered with Dover Financial Advisers to offer competitive pricing for AdviceOS, its digital advice platform. As reported in Financial Standard in May, AdviceOS is a holistic digital advice solution, which enables clients of AFSLs to ...

TWU Super appoints chief executive for third gig

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... role in a full time capacity after the resignation of Paul Sayer. Sayer resigned because commuting was proving a difficult task with ongoing commitments elsewhere. "With the fund's head office based in Melbourne and Paul's family and interests outside ...

NGS Super hires brand, digital manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
NGS Super has joined the ranks of super funds who want to grow their online presence and has hired a brand and digital strategy manager. Loyce Cox-Paton will be the fund's senior manager of brand and digital and will be in charge of member engagement ...

Older workers are the future

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... of retirees in history. They will be customers, workers and influential drivers of change. "Older workers work harder to task, take fewer sickies and are more loyal. Contrary to the myth, older Australians are also adopters of new technology."

BGL adds 280 wraps to SMSF software

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... relationship with BGL. BGL managing director, Ron Lesh, said the Accurium partnership and Simple Fund 360 design "makes the task of obtaining an actuarial certificate child's play." Accurium chief executive, Tracy Williams, said the company has always ...

PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
As a former project manager, David Braga has seen it all. He's worked on almost every type of job going in the financial services industry, which is precisely what makes him the right man for the job as BNP Securities Services' new head of Australia ...