Mortgage customers more satisfied dealing with banks than mortgage brokers

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 4-Mar-19

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey for the six months to January 2019 shows that home loan customers who obtained their loan in person at a bank branch had a satisfaction rating of 77.2%, compared to 75.1% for those who used a mortgage broker. Dealing in person with a mobile bank representative had the highest level of satisfaction, at 80.6%. It is important to note that even among more recent home loans (held for under six years), satisfaction with going to a branch to obtain the loan was 79.8%, compared to 77.7% for mortgage brokers. Among the largest home loan banks, St George has the highest satisfaction with loans obtained through mortgage brokers (83.9%), closely followed by Bankwest (81.0%). Satisfaction among those obtaining their home loan through a branch was the highest for Bendigo Bank with 89.6%, well ahead of St George on 79.6%. The Single Source survey is based on in-depth interviews conducted face-to-face with over 50,000 consumers per annum in their homes, including over 12,000 mortgage holders.

CORPORATES
ROY MORGAN LIMITED, ST GEORGE BANK LIMITED, BANKWEST, BENDIGO BANK

Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards 2018: Australia’s most service-oriented retailers announced

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 4-Mar-19

The winners of the 14 retail categories in the Roy Morgan 2018 Customer Satisfaction Awards include a mix of first-timers and veterans. Kmart (Discount Department Store of the Year), Discount Drug Stores (Chemist/Pharmacy of the Year) and Ikea (Furniture/Electrical Store of the Year) are among the first-time winners. Among the repeat champions were Foodland (Supermarket of the Year), Myer (Department Store of the Year), Bunnings (Hardware Store of the Year), Rebel (Sports Store of the Year) and The Reject Shop (Discount Variety Store of the Year for the seventh year running).

CORPORATES
ROY MORGAN LIMITED, KMART AUSTRALIA LIMITED, DISCOUNT DRUGSTORES PTY LTD, IKEA TRADING PTY LTD, FOODLAND AUSTRALIA LIMITED, MYER HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX MYR, BUNNINGS GROUP LIMITED, REBEL SPORT LIMITED, THE REJECT SHOP LIMITED – ASX TRS

Mobile banking highest customer satisfaction

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 4-Mar-19

Mobile banking is the most rapidly growing banking channel, and this is supported by the fact that it has the highest customer satisfaction. In January 2019, satisfaction with mobile banking users was 89.3% and higher than internet banking (87.7%), branches (85.2%), personal banker/advisor (81.2%) and phone banking (77.2%). Mobile banking is now used by 44.7% of Australians in an average four-week period, compared to only 22.9% who use branches. All four of the major banks’ customers have higher satisfaction with their mobile banking compared to those using branches. Internet banking users also have higher satisfaction than those using branches, but on average remain a little below that of mobile bankers. These are some of the latest findings from Roy Morgan’s ‘Service Satisfaction Report-Consumer Banking Market January 2019’. This report is based on data collected from Roy Morgan’s Single Source survey, which involves in-depth interviews conducted face-to-face with over 50,000 consumers per annum in their homes.

CORPORATES
ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Industry Superannuation Funds increase lead in satisfaction with performance

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 26-Feb-19

New research by Roy Morgan shows that members’ satisfaction with the financial performance of industry superannuation funds was 62.1% in the six months to January 2019, compared with 57.3% for retail super funds. Satisfaction with retail funds was 1.6% below that of industry funds in 2018, and this gap has now increased to 4.8%. Eight of the top 10 performing super funds, based on satisfaction with their financial performance, were industry funds in January 2019. The highest rating was for Catholic Super (72.1%), followed by Unisuper (70.8%). The only two retail funds to make it to the top 10 were Macquarie (65.9%) and Colonial First State (60.4%). These results are from the newly released Roy Morgan ‘Satisfaction with Financial Performance of Superannuation in Australia January 2019’ report. The data in this latest report represents some of the findings from Roy Morgan’s Single Source survey, which is based on in-depth interviews conducted face-to-face with over 50,000 consumers per annum in their homes, including over 30,000 with superannuation. Results presented here are based on interviews conducted in the six months to January 2019.

CORPORATES
ROY MORGAN LIMITED, CATHOLIC SUPER, UNISUPER LIMITED, MACQUARIE SUPERANNUATION, COLONIAL FIRST STATE SUPER

Isuzu UTE wins Best of the Best award for 2018

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 21-Feb-19

Commercial vehicle manufacturer Isuzu UTE has been named as the winner of the Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Award – ‘Best of the Best’ – taking the mantle from fellow car manufacturer Lexus. The ‘Best of the Best’ award goes to the company that achieved the highest customer satisfaction of all 32 winners at the 2018 Annual Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards. Isuzu UTE ended the year with six straight victories in the demanding Car Manufacturer of the year category. Other car manufacturers to perform exceptionally well in 2018 included Skoda and Suzuki, which both managed multiple monthly victories. Isuzu UTE averaged customer satisfaction of 96.1% in 2018 to improve on Lexus’s average of 95.8% a year ago and finishing in front of two-time runner-up and Supermarket of the Year Foodland on 93.5%. Other category winners to perform strongly included Liquor Store of the year Dan Murphy’s on 93.3%, Bank of the Year Heritage Bank on 92.9% and General Insurer of the Year RACT on 92.3%.

CORPORATES
ROY MORGAN LIMITED, ISUZU UTE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, SKODA AUTOMOBILOVA AS, SUZUKI AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, LEXUS AUSTRALIA, FOODLAND AUSTRALIA LIMITED, DAN MURPHY’S, HERITAGE BANK LIMITED, RACT INSURANCE PTY LTD

Roy Morgan announces winners of the 2018 Customer Satisfaction Awards

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 21-Feb-19

Roy Morgan has announced the winners of its eighth annual Customer Satisfaction Awards for Australia. The awards recognise outstanding levels of customer satisfaction, as judged by more than 50,000 consumers via the Roy Morgan Single Source survey. The award categories cover sectors such as banking, insurance, superannuation, automotive, travel and hospitality, retail, telecommunications and utilities. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine says the Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards continue to be the benchmark by which customer satisfaction is measured, and the 32 businesses honoured in the 2018 awards share one crucial characteristic: their unrivalled dedication to ensuring their customers are satisfied, and their success as rated by their customers.

CORPORATES
ROY MORGAN LIMITED, HERITAGE BANK LIMITED, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, PEOPLE’S CHOICE CREDIT UNION, RACT INSURANCE PTY LTD, ST LUKE’S HEALTH INSURANCE, INSURANCELINE HOLDINGS PTY LTD, MACQUARIE SUPERANNUATION, CATHOLIC SUPER, AUTOBARN PTY LTD, DONUT KING, ROCKMANS STORES LIMITED, MYER HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX MYR, KMART AUSTRALIA LIMITED, THE REJECT SHOP LIMITED – ASX TRS, IKEA TRADING PTY LTD, BUNNINGS GROUP LIMITED, DISCOUNT DRUGSTORES PTY LTD, FASTA PASTA FAMILY RESTAURANTS PTY LTD, DAN MURPHY’S, WILLIAMS THE SHOEMEN, REBEL SPORT LIMITED, FOODLAND AUSTRALIA LIMITED, OPTUS TELEVISION, IINET LIMITED, APPLE INCORPORATED, VIRGIN MOBILE (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN, SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED, RED ENERGY PTY LTD, KLEENHEAT GAS PTY LTD, ISUZU UTE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Satisfaction with banks improving

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 1-Feb-19

New results from Roy Morgan shows that customer satisfaction with Australia’s banks rose to 78.2% in the six months to December 2018, compared with 78.1% in the six months to November. This in turn was up from 78.0% in October. These two positive months are in contrast to the nine months of declines up to October during the Royal Commission, with satisfaction showing a decline of 3.2% points over this period. Satisfaction with banks remains above the long-term average of 74.3% calculated since 2001 and well up on the 58.7% in January 2001. Of the 10 largest consumer banks, only ING (up 4.1% points) and Bendigo Bank (up 0.5% points) have shown increased satisfaction from prior to the commencement of the Royal Commission. The CBA retains its position of having the highest satisfaction among the big four with 77.1%, ahead of NAB (75.0%), ANZ (74.2%) and Westpac (72.0%). Roy Morgan’s ‘Customer Satisfaction-Consumer Banking in Australia’ is based on in-depth interviews conducted face-to-face with over 50,000 consumers per annum in their homes, including over 4,000 bank customers per month.

CORPORATES
ROY MORGAN LIMITED, ING BANK (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, BENDIGO BANK, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, AUSTRALIA. ROYAL COMMISSION INTO MISCONDUCT IN THE BANKING, SUPERANNUATION AND FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY

Industry funds the likely beneficiaries of proposed superannuation changes

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 23-Jan-19

New findings from Roy Morgan show that the level of satisfaction with the financial performance of industry superannuation funds was 61.8% in the six months to November 2018, compared with 57.2% for retail super funds. Satisfaction with industry funds has increased by 2.6% over the last year, while satisfaction with retail funds has declined by 0.3%. Eight of the top 10 performing funds, based on satisfaction with financial performance, were industry funds over the six months to November. The highest rating was for Catholic Super with 70.5%, followed by Unisuper on 69.7%. The only retail funds to make it into the top 10 were ASGARD with 65.1% and Macquarie with 63.7% satisfaction, but both were below the average of 65.5% for the top 10. These are the latest findings from Roy Morgan’s ‘Satisfaction with Financial Performance of Superannuation in Australia Report’ November 2018, which is based on in-depth interviews conducted face-to-face with over 50,000 consumers per annum in their homes, including over 30,000 with superannuation.

CORPORATES
ROY MORGAN LIMITED, CATHOLIC SUPER, UNISUPER LIMITED, ASGARD SUPER, MACQUARIE SUPER

Satisfaction with banks remains positive and above the long term average

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 9-Jan-19

New results from Roy Morgan shows that customer satisfaction with Australia’s banks rose to 78.1% in the six months to November 2018, compared with 78.0% in the six months to October. This represents the first positive monthly move in satisfaction since prior to the start of the Finance Royal Commission in January. Satisfaction with banks remains above the long-term average of 74.3% calculated since 2001 and well up on the 58.7% in January 2001. Of the 10 largest consumer banks, ING with 88.8% satisfaction (up 3.6% points from January) and Bendigo Bank on 88.5% (up 0.1% point), were the only ones to show improvements in satisfaction during the Royal Commission. Westpac showed the biggest decline (down 5.5% points). The CBA retains its position of having the highest satisfaction among the big four with 76.7%, followed by NAB (74.6%), ANZ (74.3%) and Westpac (72.4%). Roy Morgan’s ‘Customer Satisfaction-Consumer Banking in Australia November Report’ is based on in-depth interviews conducted face-to-face with over 50,000 consumers per annum in their homes, including over 4,000 bank customers per month.

CORPORATES
ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Bunnings enters Christmas period on top for satisfaction

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 17-Dec-18

New research from Roy Morgan shows that 89.8% of Australian hardware store customers were satisfied in the 12 months to October 2018, an increase of 2.4% year-on-year. Satisfaction with market leader Bunnings increased 1% point to 90%, holding off an increase of 2% by Mitre 10 to 89%. Home Hardware is in third place on 88% (down 1% for the year), followed by True Value Hardware on 83%. These are the latest results from Roy Morgan’s ‘Hardware Store Satisfaction Report’, which is based on in-depth personal interviews conducted face-to-face with over 50,000 Australians per annum in their homes, including over 9,000 interviews with people who have shopped in a hardware store in the last four weeks.

CORPORATES
ROY MORGAN LIMITED, BUNNINGS GROUP LIMITED, MITRE 10 LIMITED, HOME HARDWARE, TRUE VALUE HARDWARE LIMITED