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Call for entries to the 2014 Smileys Social Media Scholarship program

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014

Towers Watson shakes up manager research teams

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Towers Watson has appointed Luba Nikulina as its new global head of manager research following the appointment of Craig Baker as global chief investment officer. Nikulina has been with Towers Watson for nine years, most recently holding the London-based ...

UK FCA to review social media guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... may be needed. The review which was launched last month and closes in November this year will incorporate qualitative research and a cost-benefit analysis should additional regulation be required. The FCA noted in its discussion paper which details how ...

FRBSF takes on Jackson Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (yup, that's what the FRBSF stands for) for its recently-released economic research titled, "Assessing Expectations of Monetary Policy". Thank the FRBSF for bringing the interest rate fear back into market consciousness ...

Super fees drop as fund war rolls on

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... be outcompeted by industry funds in MySuper," the Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden said. Research found that ANZ Smart Choice Super is currently the cheapest public offer MySuper product in the market, with a 0.6% fee, while ...

Questions raised about independence of van Eyk board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
One of van Eyk's major shareholders has expressed concern about the make-up of the under-fire research and asset consulting company's board. Australasian Wealth Investments (AWI), which owns a 36% stake in van Eyk, remains concerned that there are currently ...

Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... themselves as 'ethical' or 'sustainable' still invest in coal and coal seam gas. In launching the new fund, Future Super cited research by The Australia Institute published last year, which found that one in four Australians are willing to shift their ...

Big four fail in cross-selling retail super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... failing to cross-sell their retail superannuation products to their existing banking customers, the latest Roy Morgan research shows. Each of the banks is capturing less than 20% of their customers' superannuation balances, the Roy Morgan Research Consumer ...

Advisers boost practice profitability

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... advisers' effort to improve business efficiency in the context of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) has paid off, as new research shows that practice profitability has gone up in the last year. Financial planners are serving more clients at a lower ...

Former Treasury adviser joins ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... Galbraith will maintain responsibility for regulatory submissions, while Ross Clare will continue as head of the ASFA Research Centre.