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Super social media yet to excite members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... the use of social media only using it in very small ways," noted the research that was published in the Rainmaker Benchmarking report. The report stated that the Twitter presence of super funds is so low that they are less influential than most bloggers ...

Advisers see client numbers down: Macquarie survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... adviser have gone down in the last year. The Macquarie Practice Consulting 2013 Financial Planning Best Practice Benchmarking Survey shows that client numbers are down from 185 clients per adviser in 2012 to 153 clients per adviser this year. However ...

APRA releases final SuperStream reporting standards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released the final version of its Reporting Standards SRS 711.0 for SuperStream Benchmarking Measures, relating to the rollover and contribution transactions of super funds. In a letter sent out yesterday to ...

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 ...