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Regional banks call for FSI reforms without delay

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... Bank, Bank of Queensland and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank support clearer and more effective product disclosure and communication with consumers, particularly with regards to fees, risks and ownership in the mortgage broker and aggregator market. They were ...

Adviser Ratings revamps website in prep for FAR launch

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
Consumer-based adviser "review" service Adviser Ratings has updated its website to accommodate ASIC's first adviser register (FAR), launching at the end of March. The website, which currently has a database of 18,000 advisers, now provides users with ...

CFA appoints Australia head of advocacy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
CFA Societies Australia and New Zealand has appointed a head of advocacy to advocate for funds management professionals and financial market integrity. Sue Morey was most recently an executive consultant for the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Board ...

Client satisfaction up despite bad press

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... innovation and development during 2015. Amongst the highest priority gaps to be addressed by respondents was customer communication, which 66% indicated as an innovation priority within the next three months and 91% indicated as a priority within the ...

SMSF growth driven by investor satisfaction

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
The relative level of satisfaction with self-managed super fund (SMSF) performance is a likely driver for SMSFs' continued growth and significant market share, according to Roy Morgan Research. Roy Morgan's findings are based on a survey of 15,084 superannuation ...

Platinum AM appoints independent director

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... Menzies is also a director of Century Australia Investments and chairman of the Centre for Quantum Computation & Communication Technology. He retired as a partner at Ashurst law firm last year and until his retirement was consistently ranked as one of ...

Turnbull on super and housing debate: "a thoroughly bad idea"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
Communications Minister and Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull slammed Treasurer Joe Hockey's suggestion that young Australians could be given early access to their superannuation to help them buy their first house. "My own view is that would be a thoroughly ...

Vanguard restructures international management team

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Vanguard has moved two senior management roles, based in Australia and the US, to its international group. Vanguard Australia managing director John James will become managing director of Vanguard Europe, while Vanguard retail marketing and communications ...

Equip Super partners with SuperFriend

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
Equip Super has partnered with SuperFriend to offer workplace mental health and wellbeing programs. The industry super fund has added the programs to its range of employer and member services, which focuses on forging alliances that can broaden the ...

Big four banks missing out on customer wealth management

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Australia's biggest banks are struggling to access their customers' wealth management business, according to the latest Roy Morgan Consumer Single Source Survey. The survey showed that all four banks have had difficulty cross-selling wealth management ...