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CBA responds to mobile banking demand

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... logons. It's understood that over 1.56 million customers are now active mobile users. CommBank Kaching App has seen strong uptake with around 700,000 downloads and it has now processed more than $3 billion in transactions in 2012. Mobile now powers 46 ...

Lifecycle not the answer: Rice Warner

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... (FEAL) about the issues they need to consider when creating an age-based lifecycle solution. Mather is pushing for a bigger uptake of Lifecycle funds as a default option in 2013, saying they will provide better retirement outcomes to members, especially ...

Don't ignore Lifecycle Funds: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... Mercer's defined contribution consulting leader told Financial Standard. While many dismissed Lifecycle products after a slow uptake when they were offered under the choice option of many funds, like any choice option, most people just sat in the default ...

Litigation risk to force advisers into multi-asset options: Russell

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... depth of research that very few advisers can provide." Similar reforms in the US and UK have already seen an increased uptake in one-stop-shop, multi-asset portfolios. In both markets, multi-asset funds feature prominently on best-seller lists and that ...

Greater uptake in global equities: Zurich

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
International equities are rising in popularity among Australian advisers, a Zurich survey has found. Almost 70% of advisers surveyed reported they intend to increase their clients' allocation to international equities in the next six to 12 months. ...

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BlackRock to focus on model-based fixed income inv

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... delivering consistent, risk controlled performance through skill, breadth and efficiency. "We are seeing rapidly growing uptake of this form of investing overseas, particularly as we confront an era of market unpredictability." Benjamin Brodsky, managing ...

Premium Wealth creates accountant licensing program

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Premium Wealth is in process of finalising an accountant licensing program that it claims will increase the uptake of advice and advance the professional status of financial planning. The new program will offer accountants the three tiers of licensing ...

Lifecycle discussion needs context: Milliman

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... at the product and moves backward to the client. The upshot of that is a natural inertia, which has led to the very slow uptake of products in things like lifetime annuities and lifetime income products in Australia. Particularly for industry funds ...

Industry funds ride SMSF wave

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... they really don't have that much time to spend on the investment piece which was what it was all for." Dunbar says that uptake of the platform is only one factor that indicates his two-year timeline is realistic. "There has been a material increase in ...