Still engaged? Let’s make the relationship permanent

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Leading  financial technology firm Decimal has called on superannuation fund trustees to re-think their long-term approach to the perennial issue of fund member engagement. “The superannuation industry has worked hard for

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Product innovation needed to boost Australian ETF popularity among institutional investors

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New Russell research released today shows 30% of institutions will consider using ETFs in future in a significant way Education and innovation will be key to evolution of institutional ETF market

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Leading researcher added to AFA Adviser of the Year Judging Panel

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Dr Rebecca Shiels joins panel More rigour around best practice benchmarking Award enters its 9th year Leading researcher Dr Rebecca Shiels, Director of Research at Beaton Research and Consulting, has

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New appointment for Lonsec’s Equity Research team

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As a result of growth in demand for specialised equity research, Lonsec has added another resource to its Equity Research team. x Nicholas Yaxley joined Lonsec in March 2011 to focus

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AMP Planner Protection Poll: Planners see an increase in mental health disclosure

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The AMP Planner Protection Poll has found that 71 per cent of financial planners polled had seen an increase in the number of clients who disclose a personal history of mental

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AIST/ Russell launch Super Engagement Index and research

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Superannuation important to 85% of Australians’ retirement A third of fund members don’t know employer contribution amounts New index will allow superannuation funds to track member engagement The Australian Institute

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AustralianSuper urges MPs to support reforms

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AustralianSuper Chief Executive Ian Silk said the prospect of an increase in the Super Guarantee (SG) from 9 per cent to 12 per cent had increased as a result of

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The $82,000 question

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 Industry funds research which asserts that consumers would be $82,000 better off in retirement if they did not pay fees to financial advisers is simplistic; fails to take into account

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AFA/Tower launch Female Excellence in Advice Award to tackle the gender gap

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), TOWER Australia and the Macquarie Graduate School of Management have joined forces to launch the AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award (the Award). The

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Bucking the trend in active asset management

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Aviva Investors’ delivers outperformance over 1, 3, 5 years While recent research from Standard & Poor’s (S&P)1, announced this week, shows that most active Australian equities managers are failing to

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