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Financial advice remains an under-utilised tool in the member retention battle

  • On 04/03/2015
In the fight to engage and retain members, superannuation funds may deploy a number of strategies. But financial advice, a core offering for funds to service and engage fund members, remains under-developed. Rice Warner senior consultant Salvador Saiz has surveyed Australia’s 45 largest superannuation funds looking at opportunities to better incorporate financial advice offerings and […]
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The scale game gripping Australia’s group risk insurance market

  • On 19/02/2015
On the surface, Australia’s wholesale insurance market looks in robust condition. But new evidence to emerge from the most recent Rice Warner Wholesale Insurance Market Report reveals underlying structural tensions: the biggest insurers getting bigger, operating on decreasing profit margins and seeking to service heightened claims, pricing and product demands from the underlying funds. The […]
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Part Two – In this second of a two-part series, Alun Stevens picks up on the issue of fund costs and linked efficiency gains

  • On 04/02/2015
His commentary derives from Rice Warner’s recently released Superannuation Market Projections 2014 report which explores in-depth Australia’s superannuation sector over the next 15 years. Fees within the superannuation system have been the subject of much debate and commentary over recent months. The Financial System Inquiry (FSI), and a number of submissions to it, highlight the […]
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2015: the path ahead for superannuation funds

  • On 05/12/2014
What are the big ticket items for superannuation funds and their trustees in 2015? On the eve of the release of the Financial System Inquiry’s final report, Rice Warner CEO Michael Rice shares his strategic insights on the New Year challenges and opportunities facing Australia’s superannuation sector. Clear markers on the Rice Warner radar are […]
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