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Equip to manage AustSuper's defined benefit schemes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... nationally recognised superannuation brand in winning major new corporate plans. "Our alliance improves our value proposition for employers who have both defined benefit and accumulation employees. They will benefit from having access to specialist knowledge ...

In-housing creating consultant uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... managers and not enough spent on extracting the best value from markets. "We're going to have to provide a better value proposition to the end saver. That means well-structured, fairly priced and skilfully delivered investment outcomes," said Tim Hodgson ...

Towers Watson launches Thinking Ahead Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... with trillions of dollars of assets under management or advice, can become a prominent force for improving the value proposition for savers globally." Tim Hodgson, head of the Thinking Ahead Group at Towers Watson, said the institute would would encourage ...

Findex close to acquiring Crowe Howarth

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... "After careful consideration, the Board has unanimously concluded that the proposal from Findex is a compelling value proposition offering Crowe Horwath shareholders a significant premium to the market price and fair value." the company's chairman Richard ...

ASX mFund yet to attract major brokers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
More than three quarters of Australia's online retail investors could have difficulty accessing the ASX's mFund service because their existing broker does not offer access. According to figures from Investment Trends, collectively CommSec, E*Trade ...

Instos offer advice at a loss to drive product sales: EY

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... value of advice, especially in terms of it delivering financial wellbeing or peace of mind. "As a result, the value proposition associated with a highly skilled, well-educated adviser delivering a technically proficient and robust advice has not been ...

Select chair to become OneVue deputy CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Select Group chairman Brendan Foley will become OneVue's deputy chief executive after the wealth management company agreed to acquire Select Asset Management and Select Investment Partners. The deal, which is expected to be completed tomorrow, will ...

CBA unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox said. Advisers should be open about their value proposition and not enter conversations with new clients on the defensive; a difficult task considering that "advisers feel a bit beaten ...

NAB business growth manager joins Fortnum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) Wealth and MLC business growth manager for New South Wales will join Fortnum Financial Group as national sales manager. Joel Taylor will be responsible for building relationships with new and existing member firms, and ...

MySuper is bringing fees down: Rice Warner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... placed downward pressure on management fees, creating further impetus for funds to properly review their overall value proposition for members," he said. "Further, we expect the level to trend down to 1.00% of assets within two years as legacy products ...