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Chinese inflation slows and quickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... due mainly to a sharp 4.3% in food prices and slower price rises (1.7% in Feb from 2.3% in Jan) in transport and communication. Fortunately, economists expect February's slow inflation rate to be the low point this year. If accurate, this would help ...

Fight for workplace equality and diversity far from over

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
Those already in positions of power in the workplace have a responsibility to make room for women to step up. That is the view of the Association of Financial Advisers' outgoing chief executive Brad Fox, as shared during a panel discussion at an International ...

Super industry accepts group insurance needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
Several superannuation industry groups recognise there is work to be done to reduce the erosion of member account balances through group life insurance. This recognition comes from the newly-formed Insurance in Superannuation Working Group (ISWG), which ...

Qantas Super names member experience head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
Qantas Super will welcome a former AMP Capital executive as its new head of member experience. Stuart Langeveldt has been appointed to the role, bringing with him more than 20 years' experience in financial services. Langeveldt was most recently director ...

Life insurance ranks lowest in customer satisfaction

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Life insurance ranks the lowest of all insurance types, according to Roy Morgan research. In the year to December 2016, Roy Morgan's Single Source Survey of more than 9000 risk and life insurance policy holders found 67.4% were satisfied - down from ...

Kaplan uses AI to stop adviser social media blunders

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... practice policy. "Digital is the way forward - advisers who are able to harness the full potential of these integral communication channels have increased capacity to market services, promote their brand, connect to current clients, and foster new business," ...

Legg Mason hires marketing head from Hastings

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
Legg Mason appointed a new head of marketing for Australia and New Zealand. Felicity Nicholson joins Legg Mason from Hastings Asset Management, where she held the same role. Before that, she was head of marketing - platforms and investments at MLC and ...

TCorp unveils new leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
TCorp confirmed its new executive lineup, following news yesterday of Stewart Brentnall's appointment as chief investment officer. In addition to Brentnall, TCorp has also welcomed Paul Verschuer as its new general manager, financial markets; formerly ...

Financial advisers losing communication battle

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... executive Kunal Kapoor told reporters that one of the biggest issues facing the future of financial advice is a communication breakdown between advisers and clients. "It's not just about simple stocks and bonds anymore - there are a lot more sophisticated ...

ASIC targets NAB super after compliance breakdown

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... trustee, NULIS Nominees. The breaches related to what the regulator described as a "breakdown in risk management and communication procedures" after members in multiple products were transferred to MLC MasterKey Business Super and MLC MasterKey Personal ...