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LUCRF appoints Bluedoor for admin

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... management software developer, Bluedoor Technologies to provide the fund's administration technology service and boost its productivity levels by 30 per cent. LUCRF Super will use Bluedoor Technologies administration platform, wealth.net, to support ...

Fund call centres the weakest link

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... CitiStreet Australia. The key issue with traditional call centres is that they measure 'success' via management driven productivity and efficiency metrics - such as answering a call within 20 seconds or mentioning a customer's name three times. These ...

IRESS buys DMS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... product, CommPay. "The acquisition further demonstrates our commitment and resolve to aggregate views of FUM, adviser productivity, and client profitability in fully integrated adviser and dealer desktops," said Andrew Walsh, general manager of IRESS ...

Australian Ethical HQ wins Banksia award

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... transform an ordinary suburban strata office into a state of the art sustainable office, whilst never forgetting that the productivity and comfort of the people who work there is paramount," said Howard Pender, executive director of Australian Ethical. ...

Qantas Super raises insurance cover

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... Qantas Super has pegged the cost of the new benefits at 50 cents per week. This amount will be deducted from members' productivity accounts starting 1 August. The deduction is made on 30 June each year or upon leaving the plan.

Clitheroe and Kelty honoured

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... movement, particularly through the establishment of the universal system of superannuation, associated improvements to productivity and conditions in the workplace and the development of youth training schemes that employed tens of thousands of young ...

Paid maternity leave must include super: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... ignore superannuation, warns the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). In its submission to the Productivity Commission, the AIST which is the peak super body for nearly two-thirds of the Australian workforce, has called for the government ...

PM's wrong and right oil strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... continue to pump money into the V8 Supercar series, a car racing series that explicitly blocks Toyota. Last week the Productivity Commission released a report finding that each Australian car industry job created through government assistance costs taxpayers ...

Emissions trading won't fix climate change: expert

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... the most aggressive carbon reduction targets in the world. His views about emissions trading challenge those of the Productivity Commission that believe it will be so successful at cutting greenhouse gases the government will be able to wind back other ...

AMP roadmap to growth

... planning business. "In the short term, the focus here is very much on growing planner numbers and improving planner productivity." "The investment we're making in this area is considerable, and we've started to see the fruits of this in driving up planner ...