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Super gender gap large, but closing

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... the gap is narrowing very slowly, and more definitive action is probably needed," Roy Morgan Research industry communications director, Norman Morris, said. The research also shows that women have much lower median balances across all age groups. "This ...

New guide teaches social media best practice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... engagement experience, and seeks to share those insights as best practice. Richard Dunkerley, head of marketing and communications for Zurich's life and investments business, said it is essential that advisers have a firm grasp on the fundamentals of ...

Custody: Revolution or evolution?

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... T-Corp's Jonathan Green and NAB Asset Servicing's David Knights. They argued that, like in the world of mobile communications, technology advances and an insatiable need for data would see institutions force their custodians to completely transform themselves. ...

Equip appoints digital specialist to board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... said Leary's career in digital strategy, marketing, and social media would be a valuable addition to the board's communications capability. "Pippa exemplifies our approach to ensuring our Fund has the intellectual capital, broad range of perspectives ...

ASIC issues digital disclosure guidance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... Under the new guidance, product providers will be granted more automatic waivers to further facilitate digital communications and to encourage more innovative communication styles such as those incorporating interactive multi-media, said ASIC in a statement. ...

SMSFs keeping cash for better markets

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... based on a survey of about 4000 SMSF trustees and 501 financial advisers. Vanguard head of market strategy and communications, Robin Bowerman, said SMSF trustees currently have a bearish outlook and it is having an impact on the investment decisions ...

Insurance advisers focusing on client segmentation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... Beddoes white paper - co-produced with Zurich and the Association of Financial Advisers - addresses this issue from a communications standpoint. It concluded that there are generational differences in the way clients want to maintain their adviser relationships ...

Advisers should beware industry "frenemies"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
Advisers should master digital communications channels before they lose business to other industries, according to Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking in Sydney at the launch of the AFA/Zurich/Beddoes Institute white ...

Top industry super funds align with Empirics

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... experience for members more than ever before," Ludowyke said. Empirics provides data visualisation, analytics and communications services to more than 25 super funds in Australia who represent about 10 million super fund members.

Adviser input key to super fund switch: report

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... financial advisers, low financial literacy, and lack of availability of scaled advice," Roy Morgan Research industry communications director Norman Morris said. The report was based on the answers to 250,000 interviews conducted over the last five years ...