Satisfaction with big four banks increased in April, to well above long term average

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 30-May-17

A Roy Morgan Research Single Source survey has found that satisfaction with Australia’s four major banks rose by 0.2% to 80.1% in the six months to April 2017, which is well above the long-term average of 74.9% recorded since 2005. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia continued to have the highest level of satisfaction among the big four banks (81.4%), followed by National Australia Bank (80.2%). However, NAB was highest-rating in terms of satisfaction among main financial institution customers (83.0%), replacing CBA (82.9%). Meanwhile, satisfaction levels among the big four banks’ mortgage customers has improved marginally over the last 12 months, to 78.0%, up from 77.7% in the same period in 2016. Despite the improvement, mortgage customers still have lower satisfaction than non-mortgage customers (78.0% compared to 80.5%).

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, 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

Satisfaction with retail superannuation funds now higher than industry funds

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 24-May-17

A Roy Morgan Single Source has found that Australians’ satisfaction with retail superannuation funds was 60.0% in the six months to March 2017, compared with 57.3% for industry funds. This is the second consecutive month that retail fund satisfaction has been higher than industry funds, which had held the lead for more than a decade. Retail funds lead industry funds in overall customer satisfaction, but more importantly, they only hold the lead for balances under $100,000. Over the last 12 months, nearly all of their gain in satisfaction has come from these lower-value members. In the all-important high value market with balances over $700,000, industry funds lead with 85.3% satisfaction, compared to 76.1% for retail funds. This is the segment where competition is greatest from self-managed super funds, which have shown a decline in satisfaction of 2.5% points over the last year (to 75.9%).

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

Bank satisfaction in February still close to record high

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 11-Apr-17

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that satisfaction with Australian banks overall was 81.9 per cent in the six months to February 2017, compared with 82.1% in January. Customer satisfaction had peaked at a 20-year high of 82.9% in 2015, and it remains well above the long-term average of 76.9% recorded since 2005. The Commonwealth Bank remains the best performer among the big four banks, with a satisfaction level of 81.7%, followed by National Australia Bank (80.1%). The average satisfaction level for the big four in February was 79.9% (down 0.2% for the month), compared to the mutual banks’ average of 90.3% (up 0.1%). The best performers among the mutual banks were Greater Bank (95.7%) and Teachers Mutual Bank (92.2%).

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, 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, GREATER BANK LIMITED, TEACHERS MUTUAL BANK LIMITED, HERITAGE BANK LIMITED – ASX HBS

Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards 2016: Australia’s most service-oriented retailers announced

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 28-Feb-17

The winners of the 14 retail categories in the Roy Morgan 2016 Customer Satisfaction Awards include a mix of first-timers and veterans. Jeanswest (Clothing Store of the Year), Guzman y Gomez (Quick Service Restaurant of the Year) and First Choice Liquor (Liquor Store of the Year) were among the first-time winners. Meanwhile, among the repeat champions were Rebel Sport (Sports Store of the Year), ALDI (Supermarket of the Year) and The Good Guys (Furniture/Electrical Store of the Year), celebrating their third, fourth and fifth victories respectively.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, JEANSWEST CORPORATION PTY LTD, GUZMAN Y GOMEZ PTY LTD, FIRST CHOICE LIQUOR SUPERSTORE, REBEL SPORT LIMITED, ALDI STORES SUPERMARKETS PTY LTD, THE GOOD GUYS, SUPER CHEAP AUTO, MUFFIN BREAK, MYER HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX MYR, TARGET AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, THE REJECT SHOP LIMITED – ASX TRS, HOME TIMBER AND HARDWARE, SOUL PATTINSON, SPENDLESS SHOES PTY LTD

2016 Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards: Telecommunications and Utilities winners revealed

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 28-Feb-17

Australia’s most satisfying home phone, mobile phone, internet, and utilities service providers were announced last week at the 2016 Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards. Southern Phone scored its fourth consecutive Home Phone Service Provider award, with a clean sweep of the year’s monthly awards and a peak of 90 per cent of customers satisfied. Internode made it two in a row in the category of Home Broadband Service Provider and claimed all 12 monthly awards in 2016. Meanwhile, iiNet won five monthly awards in the category of Mobile Phone Service Provider, taking out the annual award against strong competition. Red Energy took out the award for Electricity Provider for a second successive year, while Lumo Energy was Gas Provider of the year, with eight monthly awards and a peak of 78% of customers satisfied.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, SOUTHERN PHONE COMPANY LIMITED, INTERNODE SYSTEMS PTY LTD, IINET LIMITED, RED ENERGY PTY LTD, LUMO ENERGY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, APPLE PTY LTD

Roy Morgan announces winners of the 2016 Customer Satisfaction Awards

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 23-Feb-17

Roy Morgan Research announced the winners of its sixth annual Customer Satisfaction Awards for Australia on 22 February 2017. 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 Research 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 2016 awards share one crucial characteristic: their unrivalled dedication to ensuring their customers are satisfied, and their success as rated by their customers.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, GREATER BANK LIMITED, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, PEOPLE’S CHOICE CREDIT UNION, RACT INSURANCE PTY LTD, ST LUKE’S HEALTH INSURANCE, ALLIANZ AUSTRALIA LIMITED, MACQUARIE SUPERANNUATION, CATHOLIC SUPER, SUPER CHEAP AUTO, MUFFIN BREAK, JEANSWEST CORPORATION PTY LTD, MYER HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX MYR, TARGET AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, THE REJECT SHOP LIMITED – ASX TRS, THE GOOD GUYS, HOME TIMBER AND HARDWARE, SOUL PATTINSON, GUZMAN Y GOMEZ PTY LTD, FIRST CHOICE LIQUOR SUPERSTORE, SPENDLESS SHOES PTY LTD, REBEL SPORT LIMITED, ALDI STORES SUPERMARKETS PTY LTD, SOUTHERN PHONE COMPANY LIMITED, INTERNODE SYSTEMS PTY LTD, APPLE INCORPORATED, IINET LIMITED, QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN, EMIRATES AIRLINES, RED ENERGY PTY LTD, LUMO ENERGY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, LEXUS AUSTRALIA

Satisfaction with risk and life insurance remains the lowest of all major insurance types

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 21-Feb-17

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that satisfaction among Australians aged 14+ who are risk and life insurance policy holders was 67.4% in the year to December 2016, down from 68.8% in 2015. Less than one in four (23.9%) of risk and life policy holders were "very satisfied" with their insurance company. The survey also shows that satisfaction with risk insurance (covering income protection, disability, accident, trauma, etc) in 2016 was only 66.3%, the lowest of all insurance types and a little below the 68.7% for life insurance. Meanwhile, Allianz leads in customer satisfaction among the 13 largest risk and life insurers (75.7%), followed by Insuranceline (75.2%) and Asteron (74.4%).

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, ALLIANZ AUSTRALIA LIMITED, INSURANCELINE HOLDINGS PTY LTD, ASTERON PTY LTD

Satisfaction with big four banks up in December but high-value customers left well behind for satisfaction and advocacy

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 8-Feb-17

A Roy Morgan Research Single Source survey has found that the satisfaction level of personal customers of Australia’s four major banks was 79.9% in the six months to December 2016, compared with 79.5% in November. However, the top-quintile customers (top 20%), who account for 62.9% of the total value of the financial services market across all banking and wealth-management products, had the lowest satisfaction level of all the quintiles (73.4%) and the lowest level of advocacy with a "net promoter score" (NPS3) of minus 23.9. The Commonwealth Bank had the highest satisfaction rating among top-quintile customers (75.6%), although the smaller Teachers Mutual Bank had the highest satisfaction rating among these customers, at 96.1%.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, TEACHERS MUTUAL BANK LIMITED, BENDIGO BANK, ING DIRECT

are still dragging satisfaction levels down

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: online : 5-Jan-17

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that banking using an app on a mobile phone or tablet is now more popular than using branches, with 38.8% of Australians using it in an average four-week period, compared with only 28.2% for branches. Satisfaction is a major driver of this trend with 90.7% satisfaction with mobile banking among the big four, compared to 84.8% satisfaction with branches. With a 93.8% satisfaction rate among its mobile banking customers, the CBA has the highest satisfaction of the 10 major banks and has improved by 2.2% points over the last 12 months. Bendigo Bank is a close second with 93.4%, followed by ING Direct on 92.7%. The remainder of the big four banks were well below this top group with ANZ on 88.4%, NAB on 88.0% and Westpac on 87.7%.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, BANK OF QUEENSLAND LIMITED – ASX BOQ, 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, GREATER BANK LIMITED, BENDIGO AND ADELAIDE BANK LIMITED – ASX BEN, ING DIRECT, SUNCORP BANK, ST GEORGE BANK LIMITED, BANK OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Satisfaction with financial performance of superannuation steady in November but down over the year

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 16-Dec-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 58.4% of Australians aged 14+ who have superannuation were satisfied with their fund’s financial performance in the six months to November 2016. This was unchanged from October but down by 0.9% points over the year. The survey also shows that industry funds have retained the lead in satisfaction (59.2%) over retail funds (56.7%), but both have declined over the last 12 months, with industry funds down 1.2% points and retail funds down 1.4% points. Both score poorly in terms of the critically important "very satisfied" rating, at 17.7% for industry funds and 16% for retail funds. Self-managed funds have the highest satisfaction with 74.3% (down 1.7% points over the last year), followed by public-sector funds with 69.8% (up 1.8% points). Meanwhile, CARE Super had the highest satisfaction rating among the 18 largest super funds, at 75% (up 10.2% points year-on-year).

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, CARE SUPER PTY LTD, STATEPLUS, QSUPER LIMITED, MERCER SUPER PTY LTD, CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING UNIONS’ SUPERANNUATION FUND, AMP LIMITED – ASX AMP, ONEPATH AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ