RESEARCH AND RATINGS

Funds management

Declining satisfaction with relationship managers is hampering overall satisfaction with the four major banks.Declining satisfaction with relationship managers is hamperi...

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Financial planning

Investors belonging to particular age groups are more satisfied with their financial planners than others....

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Funds management

Negative sentiment towards the US has pushed the Global Investor Confidence Index (ICI) down 5.6 points from September to 95.7, down from 101.3....

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Financial planning

The wealth management industry should not only embrace digital technology but redesign its business model around the connected customer, according to a research paper....

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Funds management

Australian large cap equities have outperformed fixed income by 23 per cent over the last 12 months although this is only expected to hold moderately over the coming year...

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Funds management

Bank of New York Mellon chief economist points to global growth in 2014....

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Accounting

A growing number of accountants have a favoured financial planner to feed their self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) clients to, a survey has revealed....

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Funds management

The major four banks have hit an 18-year high in personal customer satisfaction levels, with the Commonwealth Bank reporting the highest proportion of customers in the ‘v...

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Accounting

Salaries across the accounting, banking and finance sectors have remained stagnant for much of the year as labour supply continues to outweigh demand....

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Superannuation

Retail superannuation funds still lag behind industry funds in terms of customer satisfaction, research shows....

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Funds management

Despite reporting a higher level of customer satisfaction, the mutual banking sector has been less successful at capturing customer dollars compared to the four major ban...

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Funds management

New MLC research confirms women more worried than men about retirement savings adequacy....

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Financial planning

With internet speeds increasing and the adoption of mobile technology expanding, financial advisers face a big challenge when it comes to staying relevant in social media...

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Funds management

Fragmented and highly regulated markets in the Asia Pacific region are making it increasingly difficult for growth-hungry fund managers to expand their reach, a survey ha...

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Funds management

Despite a cautious outlook on the global recovery over the short term, Australian funds managers appear to have bullish sentiment when it comes to international and Austr...

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