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Over 1 million customers breakup with banks

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... followed by 5.2% for ING Direct, 3.8% of St George customers and 2.9% of Bendigo Bank customers. "While tracking and benchmarking the proportion of lost customers is an important measure, it is interesting to note that the potential value of these lost ...

SelfWealth to distribute through BGL

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... within the next four years. Selfwealth expects the growth to strengthen the value of the SW200, SelfWealth's own benchmarking index that allows individuals and SMSF investors to compare their performance between themselves and to the companies in the ...

SelfWealth benchmarking index outperforms ASX200

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
SelfWealth's own index, the SW200 which allows investors to compare the performance of their portfolios directly with other users of the community, has outperformed the ASX200. The SW200 takes the top 200 stocks by weight, from the top 200 portfolios ...

Is benchmarking being legislated?

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
Benchmarking is close to being legislated, van Eyk's head of Strategic Research and Asset Consulting Jonathan Ramsay said during van Eyk's 10th annual conference last week. According to Ramsay, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's ...

SSgA launches low-risk global equity fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... is a aggregate benchmark performance with the added cost of active fees," he explained. To counter the effect of benchmarking, SSgA announced the launch of its Global Managed Volatility Alpha (MVA) strategy to Australian investors. The fund, headed up ...

Peer-to-peer portfolio benchmarking gains appeal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
A start-up online investment community designed initially for Baby Boomers has won a surprising number of GenX and GenY clients, suggesting a broader market of investors keen to swap their investment know-how online. Melbourne-based SelfWealth is an ...

Super tax concessions not overly generous: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... which are considered to have the best pension systems in the world, it said. Mercer's paper - Tax & Superannuation: Benchmarking Australia against the world's best retirement savings systems - tests the validity of the argument that Australians' superannuation ...

New after-tax system for Qantas Super

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... corporate superannuation funds, developed the new program with Parametric, which specialises in after-tax investing, benchmarking and reporting capabilities. Portfolio structure, including active/passive and asset class strategy decisions, can be altered ...

Financial advisers raise bar in quest to succeed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... methodology and processes have become tougher and more stringent each year. "We've seen the introduction of greater benchmarking and client surveying and the involvement of the Beddoes Institute has been a great addition to that process."

Medcraft calls for international super benchmarking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Super funds should give members detailed information on where funds are being invested, and benchmark allocations against an international standard, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has said. Medcraft has previously argued in favour of detailed asset allocation ...