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FEATURE: Guiding the way to aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... require long term care. However, aged care services in Australia are often insufficient, overcrowded and underfunded. A Productivity Commission inquiry on aged care in 2011 found 366 people would be turning 75 years old every day in Australia in 2013 ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... trade-exposed sectors still find it quite 'uncomfortable': it continues to exert acute pressure for cost containment, productivity improvement and business model change. When judged against current and likely future trends in the terms of trade, and ...

LUCRF signs up to DST Bluedoor

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... technological capabilities to meet the SuperStream requirements. LUCRF said it had implemented DST Bluedoor to "help increase productivity, particularly in the areas of member contribution processing and the maintenance of member accounts." The fund ...

CBA names new CIO

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... on the Group's extensive investments in technology to ensure on-going innovation for our customers, and continuing productivity, reliability and security."

FWC halts default super review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... Campo called on the FSC to support the FWC process. "The bank owned super funds oppose the process recommended by the Productivity Commission to ensure that default funds served the best interests of its members." "Instead the bank owned super funds ...

FSC and ISA both claim Federal Court victory

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... Campo called on the FSC to support the FWC process. "The bank owned super funds oppose the process recommended by the Productivity Commission to ensure that default funds served the best interests of its members." "Instead the bank owned super funds ...

UBS launches farmland investment service

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... recognises the issues facing rural and regional Australia. This includes enabling farmers to achieve further farmland productivity growth and greater economies of scale," Cooke said. The UBS farmland investment advisory capability will be managed from ...

'Weaven model' would get best infra deals: IFM

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... facility management bid. Under the inverted bid model devised by IFM Investors chair Garry Weaven and put to the Productivity Commission by ISA, the long-term owner would come on board at the beginning of a project, and construction, debt and facility ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

ANZ wealth division profits up 11%

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... significant and profitable franchise in Asia Pacific, and to establish common infrastructure and processes that improve productivity and reduce risk, ANZ chief executive Mike Smith said. "Global Wealth continues to focus on improving the customer experience ...