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LGS earns sustainability award

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... Australian Built Environment Ratings System (NABERS) and its role in researching the link between sustainability and the productivity of the occupants across four commercial buildings. Peter Lambert, chief executive, LGS told Financial Standard the award ...

Retail funds want more super access

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... needs to be more open and transparent, and that the introduction of MySuper legislation would help. "This is what the productivity commission will do and it's one of the benefits of MySuper," she said. "A product will not be on an award unless it is ...

PC to review how defaults appointed to Awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
The Productivity Commission will in 2012 review how default funds are appointed to Industrial Awards, said superannuation minister Bill Shorten, just one day after APRA released figures showing that the retail sector has again under performed the not-for-profit ...

Asgard upgrades eWrap

Asgard has released an extensive range of new features for its eWRAP platform designed to drive greater productivity and profitability by helping advisers to deliver more customised advice for more clients in less time. The enhancements include simplified ...

Silver bullet downs market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... latest weaker-than-expected readings on US private employment, the ISM non-manufacturing index, jobless claims and productivity in recent days. Oh no! There won't be anyone buying commodities no more! Sell gold, sell oil, sell copper, sell cocoa, sell ...

Climate change choice - market or regulation?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... condemn the nation to repeat the cycle where for the first eight decades of last century Australia had the lowest productivity growth of any of the developed economies, he said. If Dr Garnaut is right this will have considerable implications for investment ...

MLC advisers top benchmarking survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... adviser dealer groups participating in the survey. Dealer groups submit business information including economics, productivity and efficiency to Comparator for analysis, receiving in return an assessment of where they stand in relation to the overall ...

Millennium3 recruits PIS exec

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... responsible for the growth of the life business and use the recently developed M3 software systems to help increase the productivity and revenues of practices under the Millenium banner. "We are also currently reviewing a system that will make the compliance-driven ...

Plum time for corporate super outsourcing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... which is wholly-owned by the MLC/NAB wealth business, also uses an internal 'Six Sigma' efficiency program to deliver productivity and quality improvements as well as staff growth. "We have done a lot of work on efficiency, with our business efficiency ...

Fin services group wins 'employer of choice' for women

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... the company. "This commitment ultimately benefits the group in terms of improved financial performance, increased productivity, lower employee turnover and higher morale," said Ian Martin, senior vice president, head of State Street's Global Services. ...