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First State Super cuts investment fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... First State Super said it was able to achieve these cuts by reducing the number of investment strategies used. In a communication to members, the fund said that this part of a wider rejig of its active asset allocation process. "The new process uses ...

Sunsuper launches 'online insights community'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Sunsuper has launched a website encouraging members to have their say about the super fund. Dubbed 'My2cents', the website is described as "an online insights community" where members can share "feedback on Sunsuper as well as many other topics through ...

Client education initiative joins AdviceInnovation

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
A client education and communication solution has joined the AdviceInnovation hub, an online initiative that aims to provide solutions for financial advice businesses. The Innergi business has developed an online Financial Knowledge Centre which allows ...

Advisers ask for segmented education standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... with different education standards for that level of service." She said that the so-called 'soft skills' such as communication, the ability to make decisions and to deal with conflicts form "a broader set of skills that make a true profession."

Call for entries to the 2014 Smileys Social Media Scholarship program

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014

UK FCA to review social media guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... contains a formal 'call to action' to invest in a particular investment product. "We remind firms that any form of communication (including through social media) is capable of being a financial promotion, depending on whether it includes an invitation ...

Big four fail in cross-selling retail super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Australia's big four banks are failing to cross-sell their retail superannuation products to their existing banking customers, the latest Roy Morgan research shows. Each of the banks is capturing less than 20% of their customers' superannuation balances ...

RARE joins Calastone network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... industry had increased markedly over the two and half years since Calastone automated the processes of fund/platform communication. "These benefits are real and make themselves felt at all levels," she said. "We passed the tipping point of automation ...

Annuities not right for default pensions: Rice Warner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... people are locked into paying 12% of their salary into super. The key to Michael's concern is in adequate member communication, which the industry takes very seriously anyway." Speaking about their default product model, deputy chief executive Melissa ...

IOOF appoints national technical manager

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... responsible for the management and leadership of the IOOF technical services team and assisting advisers through the communication of technical and strategic solutions for their client's advice needs. She has over 15 years in the Financial Services Industry ...