Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1291 - 1300 of 2995 results for "Problem"

Small data beats big data

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
Despite 90% of financial services professionals seeing big data as a priority for their business, very few understand how to use it, according to Mercer consumer marketing leader Cambell Holt. Speaking at the Financial Standard Marketing, Advertising ...

Super funds advised to be smart with technology

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... customer engagement tools there can be a different approach not necessarily adviser focused. "QSuper looked at the technology problem from their default members' point of view," Van Wyk said. "As a superannuation fund our first key fiduciary duty is ...

Marketing could double financial services revenue

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... a hundred" sales professionals throughout Australia. "I spoke to their chief marketing officer, and he said, 'We had a problem with sales, but we've solved it now.' I asked him how, and he said the sales team was given a presentation by marketing every ...

ASIC looking to introduce civil laws to punish corporates

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... understand how culture is driving conduct among those ASIC regulates; and communicate to industry and firms where ASIC has a problem with their culture and conduct. "Sadly those who get fleeced are usually not necessarily the country's wealthy, but everyday ...

Industry reacts to ASIC register update

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
ASIC has updated the Financial Advisers Register to include qualifications, training and professional association memberships. Announcing the changes, ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said: "We want consumers to be able to make an informed decision in their ...

Super reforms to hurt retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... live off pension income. But Dartnall Advisers principal Eleanor Dartnall believes there's a much simpler solution to the problem. Dartnall, whose client-base is "very positive" about the "needed" changes, said that the Government should apply its small ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... his demands would emboldened the Spaniards to vote for non-austerite later this year... and then they'll have a bigger problem on their hands. Spain is no Greece, it's the fourth biggest economy in the Eurozone. Makes me wonder if the Fed could really ...

Groups call for default super fund decoupling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
Corporate super representative group CSSA is calling on the industry funds movement to apply its standards of financial planning in the superannuation sector. Recently the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption announced it was ...

Don't put all QE in the same basket: AXA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The quantitative easing (QE) programs undertaken by the United States, Europe and Japan are essentially different from each other and investors should expect different economic impacts for each one of them. AXA Framlington head of Asia Mark Tinker said ...

Royal Commission looks at choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
The Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption is seeking submissions to answer why laws denying employees a choice of superannuation fund should not be repealed. In its latest discussion paper, Options for Law Reform, the Commission ...