Heron Advisor

Super services for financial planners, product issuers & their clients...
Login

SOS

Heron's unique outsourcing management system...
Login

Strategic Consulting

Our consulting and implementation services include:

Strategic Advice

Future Superannuation Arrangements

  • Strategic reviews - what really matters?
  • Win-Win Profiling -delivering benefits for all parties
  • Super Options that fit your requirements
  • Managing implementation of new arrangements
  • Developing and delivering communications that talk

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Strategy for the acquiring or disposing company on the most appropriate superannuation terms
  • Advice on imputed value of superannuation fund surplus in price of transaction
  • Implementing the merged or reduced superannuation changes
  • Advice and implementation for merging multiple superannuation arrangements under one or more employer sponsor
  • Advice and implementation for merging financial entities eg Master Trusts

Operational Effectiveness and Cost Savings

  • Advice and implementation regarding management of superannuation arrangements, including rating the trustee board, fund secretariat and fund management
  • Undertaking the fund management or secretarial function on behalf of the employer or trustee

Management Of Supplier Tenders And Transition

  • Independent assessment of the most appropriate supplier of superannuation services from the available market based on agreed objectives and criteria
  • Driving you to where you're going including a complete transition management plan to any new arrangements
  • Overseeing the transition to the new arrangements under strict risk management guidelines

Leveraged Technical and Actuarial Advice

  • Our independent position allows us to formulate our advice purely dictated by your requirements and not those of other suppliers
  • Implementing the advice with you and ensuring you are provided with the necessary risk and compliance protection from your suppliers

Communications and Member Education

  • Working with you and your suppliers to properly structure your communication and education strategy aligned to your clients/employees/ members aspirations
  • Assisting you to monitor the effectiveness of your programs through our "360 degree Report Card"
  • Identify how to further build future communication programs

Structured Risk Management

  • Assisting you to identify key risks in your employee benefit programs, covering financial, compliance and implementation risks
  • Working with you to implement agreed mitigation strategies across the key risks

Disciplined Retail and Wholesale Client Care Programs

  • Conducting client satisfaction studies with existing and/or potential clients
  • Undertaking audits to understand your competitive advantage from your clients perspective

Product and Project Management

  • Reviewing your product offering for your chosen market based on agreed criteria for analysis
  • Working with you to make the changes required or building the required business aspects for the product or service