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AustralianSuper ramps up data-gathering strategy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
AustralianSuper has launched an online member engagement tool which aims to gather more precise information about members in order to better target its engagement campaigns. Dubbed 'AustralianSuper Community', it incentivises members to sign up by offering ...

QSuper number one for member satisfaction

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... Benchmarking Study also found that QSuper members were most likely to recommend the fund. The study surveyed more than 3,720 Australians under the Net Promoter Score framework. It covered AMP, AustralianSuper, BT, Colonial First State, First State Super ...

FEATURE: Risk at risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
In the wake of the group insurance crisis, super funds are one-by-one renegotiating their contracts with their life insurers. As a result, premiums are rising significantly, in many cases bringing them in line with retail premiums. This is causing some ...

Highest paid execs in super revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
Superannuation funds have publicly disclosed how much they pay their senior executive staff, revealing pay packages ranging from the low hundreds of thousands to over a million a year. QSuper's Rosemary Vilgan was by far the highest paid chief executive ...

AIA signs life insurance deal with RAC

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... themselves and their families," RAC general manager James Forbes said. "AIA Australia covers more than three million Australians with life insurance so their expertise in developing these products was vital," RAC provides car insurance, home and contents ...

MetLife partnership extend group insurance to SMEs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... workers had no disability insurance and 19% of families did not have any life insurance. Further, almost 50% of working Australians report their most pressing concern is "not having enough money to pay expenses during a sudden loss of income." Stewart ...

In-housing creating consultant uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Asset consultants are jostling for position in a bid to combat the in-housing of super fund investment teams, with a variety of strategies emerging. At its recent annual Ideas Exchange in Melbourne, Towers Watson addressed superannuation fund CIOs some ...

DomaCom unveils IPO plans for 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... raised through an oversubscribed equity placement will allow DomaCom to launch an equity release product for senior Australians, which is expected for the first half of 2015. "DomaCom is now in a strong financial position to commercialise the fractional ...

Surge in Australian-educated FM professionals heading OS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
An international study of Australians working in global asset management who were educated at Australian universities has found that more than half are now working for asset management firms outside Australia. The most represented universities among ...

Cormann to welcome cyclist advisers at FPA conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... Adelaide. The annual cycling fundraiser, the Wheel Classic, hopes to raise $100,000 to donate to disadvantaged young Australians. So far half of the funds have been contributed by corporate partners: the FPA, AMP Financial Planning and Matrix Planning ...