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Phone usage reveals opportunity for financial services

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
Fifteen per cent of Australians check their phones more than 50 times a day, according to the latest survey from Deloitte, which the company says highlights the huge opportunity for financial services providers to improve mobile offerings. The inaugural ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street. At 0823 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,553. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of ...

Industry funds to in-house customer experience

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... digital world last week, Fraser said that there has been a shift in the industry fund's mindset around improving communication with members and customer experience. "You will see industry funds reacting in a very aggressive way and changing providers ...

La Trobe names head of investor operations

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
La Trobe Financial has appointed Cheree Cain to the role of executive head of investor operations. Cain has been with La Trobe for 11 years, where she has led the investor liaison team in the retail Mortgage Fund operations. Prior to that she spent ...

Financial Standard unveils Digital Dozen in social media

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... pre-SOA fact find, but by truly getting close to their customer and understanding their preferences around service and communication. Our 2014 nominees certainly lead their peers in this regard." Kinens said, "The high calibre of the submissions again ...

Manage super on the go with new Wealthtrac app

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
Platform and wrap provider Wealthtrac has launched a new app for its wrap product that allows members to monitor their super on their mobile device. Wealthtrac chief executive Matt Johnson said the app recognised the shift occurring in the delivery ...

AMP creates global infra platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
AMP Capital has created a global infrastructure platform by combining a new Global Infrastructure Fund with its existing Strategic Infrastructure Trust of Europe (SITE). Previously an open-end fund, SITE is now closed-end and will share its US$750 million ...

Former van Eyk consultants launch new business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... combine contemporary platform technology with what they claim will be a "coherent investment process and approach to communication". InvestSense spokesperson Jonathan Ramsay said: "Unfortunately, the financial services industry often has a tendency to ...

Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... and many governments reduce their per capita expenditure on their aged population," Knox said. "This shift means communication to members has never been more important or come under more scrutiny from members, regulators, employers, consumer groups ...

Innovation to drive 2014 AFA Conference

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... as speakers. They will be joined by The Body-Brain Performance Institute executive performance coach Paul Taylor, communication and performance expert Amanda Gore, co-founder and managing director of thankyou water Daniel Flynn and the founder of management ...