Distribution over brand appears to have won out during the past decade in financial services.
However it seems the industry could learn a thing or two from the art world – particularly the British artist come-hatchet-man, Damien Hirst – as to the power of branding.
Last week, Hirst, …
The near meltdown of the financial sector may not have netted any significantly sized institutions in Australia yet, however a sign that some groups are bleeding beneath the surface can be assumed from increased job hunting behaviour.
A burningpants source, with a finger on the pulse of the recruiting market …
The collapse of Lehman Brothers and change in status of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, from being investment banks to more regulated institutions, marks, as many pundits have noted, the end of an era in finance.
But it remains to be seen if the recent upheavals in the …
Australian households are still under significant cost pressures despite the recent interest rate relief handed down by the Reserve Bank of Australia.
The general sentiment regarding the recent cash rate cut is that it is too early to get excited with more than a third of Australians (37.6%), …
Women are more worried than men about what is happening in investment markets at present, as are people in general from Victoria, according to a new poll.
35.8% of females compared to 30.8% of men, and 33.6% of Victorians compared to 31.7% for the national state average, are …
An unknown fact to many people in the financial services industry is that less than half of all financial planners believe the primary investment administration platform they use is the best available on the market.
Interestingly, 52.7% of advisers think a platform other than their main master trust …
