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FoFA readiness is all about client engagement: MLC

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... has been named by CoreData as its Financial Advisory Group of the Year for the third time in five years. "CoreData's research shows customers value honesty and transparency above all else in an advice relationship. This is a real strength for MLC and ...

Corporate governance boosted by two-strike rule

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... re-elected if a significant proportion of shareholders disagree with the amount directors are paid. AMP Capital head of ESG research Dr Ian Woods said the increased scrutiny of remuneration reports has led to improved discussions on other governance ...

Mobile payment market primed for innovation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... expected to boost growth and innovation in the mobile payments industry, according to Credit Suisse. Recent forecasts by IT research company Gartner that anticipate the value of the mobile payment transaction market to grow by an average of 42% annually ...

Qsuper to champion tailored options

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... home the importance of achieving an adequate retirement outcome for its members. One theme that came out of Qsuper's research was that its members were not overly interested in short-term returns, and instead were focused on how much money they would ...

AMP adds hedge fund specialists to alts team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... He developed and managed the company's internal hedge fund program. Nguyen has over six years' experience working as a research analyst at EIM Management in the US where she conducted investment hedge fund due diligence on a range of strategies including ...

SMSF popularity belies fickle performance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... turned to DIY super funds on the promise of superior returns may be getting less than they bargained for, new Rainmaker research shows. The unprecedented growth of the SMSF sector has eclipsed regular funds in recent years. The latest data from the Australian ...

ASX favourites likely to dish more cash in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... according to Lincoln Indicators' Dennis Ng, who says special dividends may be on the horizon for ASX favourites. The research analyst concedes that while the next 12 months may not prove to be as good a year for defensive stocks as the last, institutional ...

UK research house partners Morse Consulting

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
London-based Absolute Strategy Research has partnered with Melbourne-based Morse Consulting in a bid to establish a relationship with superannuation funds, multi-manager platforms and investment managers in the Australian market. ASR provides market ...

PAS Lodges MySuper application

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013
... regulatory reforms in the development of our MySuper offering." "The Board and Executive Team have undertaken extensive research, planning, preparation and investment to ensure the fund is well ahead of mandatory deadlines and ready for the official ...

Retail Super Funds tank in satisfaction-stakes

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012
... on over 30,000 interviews annually with people who have Super, the latest findings from the November 2012 Roy Morgan Research 'Superannuation Satisfaction' reveals a consistently below average result for Retail super funds in terms of client satisfaction. ...