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Australians putting off retirement planning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... retirement has a lot to do with lack of long-term planning and other priorities," Roy Morgan Research industry communications director Norman Morris said. "The superannuation industry and the government have roles to play here to make people aware of ...

Nikko AM selects new reporting tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... Cornwell said. Vermilion's software is designed to deliver accurate, flexible, and scalable client reporting and communications. It delivers multilingual, graphical, marketing-quality reports that are created through an automated process. The firm has ...

Rubik appoints head of marketing

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... software company Rubik Financial has appointed Joanna McCarthy to the newly created position of head of marketing and communications. Reporting to Rubik chief executive, Iain Dunstan, she will be responsible for all brand, digital, internal and external ...

Super switches estimated at $35 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2016
... $35 billion in super is being switched annually or 3.2% of superannuation products. Roy Morgan Research industry communications director Norman Morris said given the complex nature of superannuation, the lack of consumer engagement, poor understanding ...

Good Super founders take the reins from MD

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... Good Super in 2013 as a "social impact superannuation fund". Andrew MacLeod, previously general manager community, communications and external relations at Rio Tinto (Copper), joined the fund in January 2015. At the time, a Good Super statement said ...

Hedge funds under cost pressure from brokers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... price increases the most. "Investors will be indirectly affected by the increasing costs and will need to rely on communications from the manager to understand the full effect on the fund's performance," EY's wealth and asset management leader for the ...

ASIC sees potential for "large scale loss" in robo-advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... technology-based advice, or face to face." She said that robo-advice providers need to think and "try a bit harder" in their communications with clients. "They need to make sure that clients understand what they are buying; and that they are not just ...

Evolving super sparks C-suite shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... financial, and advice among others. Aside from traditional chief roles such as investment, operations, marketing and communications, two emerging areas are member and relationship roles with both key words appearing in executive titles at 29% of 72 funds ...

Digital evolution highlighted at AIST awards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... track their super relative to their peers via mobile phone. The campaign also took out the prestigious platinum communications award. HESTA's focus on SuperStream compliance was also rewarded with the best B2B award. HESTA's 5C SuperStream Journey based ...

PROFILE: REI Super chief executive Mal Smith

DARREN SNYDER, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... 10 clients and we provided advice, operational and human resources support to them," Smith says, and adds that communications work and presentations were also part of the deal. "But as superannuation got more complicated, it professionalised, member ...