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FEATURE: Alternatives - Taking the plunge

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... fees. According to MLC head of alternatives strategies Gareth Abley, though, this is more of an issue with member communication, because super fund investment teams recognise the fees are justified by the net return. "We have these two competing pressures," ...

Financial services fail to share mental health data

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... disclosure of corporate performance, beyond that contained in traditional financial reporting, can undermine effective communication of these longer-term measures of business success by company boards to their owners," said ACSI's chief executive, Louise ...

SMSFs keeping cash for better markets

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) stowed away $56 billion in excess cash during the 12 months to April 2015, the highest amount in seven years. Billions that would have been invested if it were not for market uncertainty is reflective of a wider ...

Insurance advisers focusing on client segmentation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Clients seeking insurance advice can be segmented into three broad categories and advised accordingly, according to research by AIA Australia and the Beddoes Institute. The research paper, The advice challenge: Understanding what clients value, defines ...

Advisers should beware industry "frenemies"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... providers (at the lower end of the market) - are getting better at segmenting their client-bases around digital communication strategies, while advisers lag behind. To illustrate, Zurich life and investments marketing head Richard Dunkerley (also speaking ...

Top industry super funds align with Empirics

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
Empirics will provide its MarketSuite data analytics program to four of Australia's largest industry superannuation funds who manage more than four million member accounts. AustralianSuper, Cbus, HESTA and Hostplus are joining Empirics who will offer ...

Adviser input key to super fund switch: report

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
Financial planner input has become essential for a third of superannuation fund members who want to change funds, the latest Roy Morgan research revealed. The proportion of super fund members who seek advice from financial planners to switch their superannuation ...

Super fund members switching at record rates: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
Australians are paying attention to the superannuation conversation with new data showing super members are switching funds at a level not seen since 2010. Eleven per cent of super members switched funds last year, up from 9% in 2013. About 5% are intending ...

David Koch joins forces with Adviser Ratings

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
Sunrise co-host David Koch has become a shareholder in financial adviser review service Adviser Ratings. The Adviser Ratings platform lets consumers search, compare and review their financial advisers, and was recently revamped to make use of the data ...

CSSA guided by new name and code of conduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... past, we were sometimes mistaken for an association of corporate super funds when what we really do is construct communication programs in conjunction with employers and policy committees, to ensure their employees are getting the most out of their super ...