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FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... than promoting a general increase on contributions, they target particular segments," he explains. A better understanding of big data is allowing super funds to break up their members by risk sectors and to launch campaigns designed specifically for ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on Wall Street where investors weighed continued violence in Iraq and mixed US economic data ahead of the Federal Reserve policy statement. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price ...

Financial Standard launches third media app

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... services. MAX is inspired by TED, a forum where the latest thinking in financial services sales, marketing, distribution, big data management and technology intersect. The iPhone/iPad app also features a list of the 100 finalists nominated in 20 industry ...

FoFA changes designed to protect big players: opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
Labor, the Greens and Industry Super Australia (ISA) strongly opposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation on the grounds that changes "seem designed to protect the profits of larger financial services companies." Both Labor ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
The share market has opened lower after the iron ore price dropped to a two-year low and tensions in Iraq hurt overseas markets. Iraq is a key concern among investors, Australian Stock Report senior equity analyst Benny Sada said. "There wasn't a lot ...

State Street hangs on to REST custody contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
REST Industry Super has kept State Street on as its custodian following a "comprehensive review of service providers." The decision is a major win for State Street as, with $31 billion in funds under management and 1.9 million members, REST is one of ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... has, surprise of surprises, Morgan Stanley now predicting the Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi to reach parity with the big dollar by the end of this year. "The main driver of our bullish stance is our expectation that global demand for high-yielding ...

Exceeding your MAXpectations

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... worst threats faced by every marketeer - the "what you don't know, you don't know" scenario. A day out of the office is a big ask. But it's our birthday. We only pay homage to financial services marketers once a year. Hope to see you there. For more ...

Getting ideas across to SMSFs the first battle: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... looking for hundreds of years of data before they move. "And of course, because infrastructure is direct and done between the big institutions, the amount of transparency that people have on it is limited." He said there is also the question of cost. ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... balding head as I was clicking through this morning's headlines, reports and blogs and tweets on why oh why Wall Street stumbled big time (well, relatively) overnight. It slipped on oil. Tweet, tweet. It's because Gulf War III, here we come... maybe. ...