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Frequent traders re-evaluate broking landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... different." Investment Trends noted one in six online investors said mobile functionality was a feature which influenced the choice of main broker, significantly more than six months ago. Mobile functionality is naturally more prominent among millennials ...

Entertainment spend retains members: Hostplus

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... asked why employers need to be entertained in this way. Elia replied it was necessary so it could retain employers' choice of Hostplus as the default status fund, given it's a "competitive market" and competitors are also "doing exactly the same ...

Poor systems delay MySuper transitions: CFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... options ranged from 1.19% to 1.9%. Its group superannuation product charges a 2.01% fee, while the cash option in the First Choice pension product charges 1.14%. Elkins said the pension product is inclusive of a 60bps trailing commission that explains ...

Challenger increases annuity distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... products. HUB24 managing director Andrew Alcock said the platform is continually enhancing its platform to provide greater choice to advisers and clients. "We're delighted to be working with the team at Challenger who are well-known for providing ...

IOOF executives dismiss conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... fund's financial viability. And that would only eventuate if IOOF bumped up the new prices. Price differentials for choice and pension members went from 0.85% to between 0.35% and 0.70%. By not repricing the "back book" of pre-FoFA grandfathered ...

GROW Super co-founder sells advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... need to demonstrate that any movement of those is in the best interests of the client and you can't do that without choice," Abood said.

Zurich names executive lineup for new business

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... extensively in both the Zurich and OnePath brands and propositions, ensuring both advisers and customers can benefit from genuine choice and a superior customer experience."

CBA readies wealth demerger, records $9.2bn cash profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
Investors looking to buy Commonwealth Bank's demerged wealth management arm now have a clearer picture about what it looks like - a business which has generated after-tax profit of more than $500 million for the past two years. NewCo, or Commonwealth ...

IOOF continues organic growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... a confirmation for us of the advice-led strategy and the open architecture through which we run our business. We offer choice across a number of different platforms and each of these have been performing very strongly during the period," he said. IOOF ...

Financial abuse: A hidden epidemic

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
Commonwealth Bank is extending its domestic and family violence support program due to customer need, with its helpline receiving about 90,000 calls in the first month. Initially launched as a 12-month pilot in November 2017, the CBA Domestic and Family ...