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Legal risks pose social media stumbling blocks

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... had social media presence, and they are 'limited'. "There is little question that we are in the midst of some sort of revolution in the way we communicate and do business with each other."

ASFA Awards recognise top comms strategies

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
This year super funds created some of the best and brightest communication strategies to come out of the industry in recent years, with the aim of reaching out to members without the super mumbo-jumbo. More than 150 attendees, mostly senior marketing ...

Simpler, faster, cheaper rollovers: IFF

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
The Industry Funds Forum has launched an electronic commerce hub aimed at revolutionising super rollovers. IFF unveiled a new electronic commerce hub that aims to cut down processing time, cost, and simplify the process of rollover transfers between ...

Admins team up for rollover revolution

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
Three of the country's biggest administrators - AAS, Pillar Administration and Superpartners - are joining forces to set up a standard of protocols for fund rollovers. In a move in line with the Government's initiative to use Medicare as a small business ...

iPhone app targets home hunters

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
St.George Bank is making the most out of the iPhone revolution with a new home loan iPhone app. Using technology to gain more customers is not a new tactic - but St.George is specifically targeting house hunters with the release of its Home Loan Calculator ...

Planners brace for fiduciary revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
The financial planning industry's worst nightmare is about to come true with the Ripoll Report recommending advisers become fiduciaries, payments from product providers to planners should cease and that ASIC significantly step up its shadow shopping ...

APRA launches data revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
APRA has released its fund level returns data and in the process launched a revolution in the extent of data now available for researchers investigating superannuation. Data now available includes, for each fund, details of what they provide to the ...

Aviva targets SME market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
Aviva Australia has developed a program that provides all the tools financial advisers will require to adequately service the investment and insurance demands of small to medium enterprises (SME). The program, SME Professionals, is broken up into two ...

Model your retirement: Sunsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... to Sunsuper. The calculator can be accessed via the Sunsuper website. Other super funds are also embracing the tech revolution in full swing. The $1.2 billion Asset Super also launched an interactive web-based calculator last month. Asset Super worked ...

Video me up, Scottie

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
It is not quite as revolutionary as teleporting but advances in video conferencing has now made it possible for fund managers to hold life-like video meetings, a major leap from the days of delayed broadcast, blurry video images and dropped-out calls. ...