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Intergenerational Report shows need for financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
The Treasury's Intergenerational Report highlights the importance of financial advice, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Given that life expectancy at birth is expected to rise by four and three years for men and women respectively ...

Finance minister seeks interest from property investors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
The government is seeking interest from potential property investors in six Commonwealth properties in Canberra as part of its property divestment program, Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance ...

ASIC ends Macquarie EU but sees gaps in advice files

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Macquarie Equities Limited advice files have gaps and require further testing, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said as the two year enforceable undertaking (EU) into the organisation's advice arm comes to an end. "While there ...

Platforms pushed by utility as well as technology

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
While rapid advances in technology is putting platforms under pressure to keep evolving, platform operators believe they need to not just add functionality but features that actually improve investor's connectivity and usefulness. Speaking at the "Riding ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

Madam Speaker, I move that the Bill for the Budget be now read a second time. Our future depends on what we as a nation do today. For our children, for our seniors, for individuals, for families, for our disabled and for our frail, for all of us, the ...

Actuaries Institute names 2014 president

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Daniel Smith has been named president of the Actuaries Institute for 2014 as the body announces a number of leadership changes for the New Year. Smith, who takes over from former president John Newman, will be joined by former Actuary of the Year Estelle ...

Mercer gets approval for MySuper product

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
The Mercer MySuper product has received authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) starting December 1, 2013. The product will include the Mercer SmartPath investment portfolio, with a number of investment options that ...

SuperIQ acquires SMSF admin business

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
SuperIQ has acquired the self-managed super fund (SMSF) administration business of listed financial services company Tranzact. Tranzact clients will be transferred to the SuperIQ service, which expects to gain scale from this transaction. "Tranzact's ...

Westpac and SunGard extend Adaptiv risk management deal

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
Westpac Institutional Bank (WIB) has renewed an agreement with SunGard for the technology provider to continue providing its Adaptiv global risk management solution. Adaptiv is a scalable enterprise-wide risk management platform which helps more than ...

Cormann commits to change in face of Labor moratorium

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
Shadow minister for financial services and superannuation Matthias Cormann has echoed Treasurer Chris Bowen's calls for super certainty but refused to back a five-year moratorium on changes to the system. Bowen laid down a challenge to the Coalition ...