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Retail super members more likely to switch funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
Retail superannuation fund members are more likely to switch funds than their industry and SMSF counterparts, with investment performance being the main concern cited, according to a report by Roy Morgan Research. The report, entitled 'Superannuation ...

Majority of Australians remain wary of technology

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
The majority of the Australian population has a conservative approach to technology that ranges from those being cautious about spending money on it to those who are straight technophobes. Roy Morgan research into how Australians use and adapt to technology ...

Law must change on corporate actions automation: DST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
Outdated and unnecessary legislative standards are holding back the automation of corporate action activity, according to DST Global Solutions head of business development Rhys Octigan. While most areas of the financial services industry are swiftly ...

AMP's Ipac unveils Next Generation Advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Ipac has started to implement Next Generation Advice, a program designed to improve communication with clients and to deliver consistency across the group's practices all over the country. The AMP-owned dealer group has appointed Matthew Fogarty as ...

HESTA and Cbus take AIST top awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) top awards for 2013. Hesta won three awards including the Platinum Communication Award for the second year in a row for a new digital member card campaign. HESTA's communication campaign encouraged ...

Fund managers rethink distribution approach after FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
A growing number of fund managers are making changes in their distribution strategy and bringing their retail and institutional distribution teams closer together to reflect industry consolidation brought on by the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) ...

IOOF joins Calastone's automated network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
... top 10 Australian platform administrators, representing around 60% of the Australian market, now use the automated communication systems either directly or through their custodians. IOOF is using Calastone's infrastructure for its platform and registry ...

ASIC backs down on custody whistleblowing requirements

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... do." In a submission to CP 197, ACSA also said the proposed requirements "could result in less frank and honest communication between custodians and their clients." In its replies to the submissions, ASIC said: "All respondents disagreed with our proposal ...

EQT defends sending pre-filled proxy forms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... wrong about it," Equity Trustees managing director Robin Burns told Financial Standard. Perpetual revealed this communication from EQT to TRU shareholders in a company announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). "Equity Trustees has sent ...

AustralianSuper CEO justifies The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... answer to this charge. "The proof of the pudding will be in the eating. If [ The New Daily ] becomes a politicised communication tool, it will wither on the vine in five minutes because people will cease reading it," he told Financial Standard. "That ...