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SG Hiscock finds value far from ASX big caps

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... negative impact on the customer base." The strategy sees opportunities in sectors such as cloud IT and satellite communications. "They are fertile ground for franchises," Burns says. "But if you have a strong position in an industry that's not growing ...

Use of bank-aligned advisers in decline

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... highest users of website internet banking are the high value customer," Roy Morgan Research director of industry communications Norman Morris said. He defined high value customers as the top 20% that controls 63% of the total market value of financial ...

Tax conversation in a bubble

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... between "pontificating politicians, policy nerds, lobby groups, academics and media types." H&R Block director of tax communications, Mark Chapman, said there will be winners and losers but "at the moment we have no idea which of us will fall into each ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... means that managers and super funds need to make an extra effort to communicate. "It requires more sophisticated communications. We have grown up reporting, rather than communicating. You need to figure out you define success to the fiduciary because ...

AvSuper to expand in-house investment team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... be responsible for monitoring and managing the members' investments. The fund wants Field to enhance investment communications, following member demand for "even more meaningful information about the Fund's investment performance and portfolio of investments," ...

Turnbull expected to dust off shelved policies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... enough to take advantage of it." The comment about disruption and technology was welcomed by Twitter users. KPMG communications manager Ash Pritchard wrote: "Omg an Aussie PM just used the words #disruption and #tech - almost feels like 2015!"

ASIC warns super trustees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... designed to gain and retain fund members, they should be mindful of the financial services laws and ensure that any communications to new or existing members is not misleading or deceptive.

Vanguard to launch international fixed income ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... first international fixed income ETFs available on the ASX. In a statement, Vanguard head of market strategy and communications Robin Bowerman said that "the launch of VIF and VCF will allow Australian investors to create portfolios that are truly diversified ...

Pension and retirement strategies a global problem

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... and pension plan providers in a number of areas, including having clear strategy and the effectiveness of their communications, with the public sector tending to rate these areas lower. The report also looks at the maturity levels of various aspects ...

PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... doesn't get disintermediated or polished up somewhere else. Frankly I think with a lot of institutional houses, their communications aren't genuine and the advisers know it; they're smart." With its recently launched and highly innovative exchange traded ...