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Life insurance claims handling must improve: ISWG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group is calling for the removal of complexity around claims handling. Releasing the second of its discussion papers around the development of the Life Insurance Code of Practice for superannuation trustees, the ...

Employers urged to fund workers' financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Employers should do more to help employees ease financial worries by providing work-funded financial advice, a new study from MetLife shows. About 68% of employers said helping staff make better financial decisions is important - but only one third ...

Philanthropy report offers valuable insights for NFPs: Perpetual

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Collective and collaborative giving is on the rise in Australia, with more than a third of philanthropists suggesting they give as a group as well as individually. The latest giving patterns of high-net-worth (HNW) and institutional givers was released ...

MLC Super welcomes new chief executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
NAB appointed its new chief executive of MLC Super, who will be responsible for NAB's entire superannuation and investment businesses. The internal promotion sees Matthew Lawrance move in to the top role. NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn described ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
It's not as good as it looks. The second biggest Australian trade surplus on record, that is. Us, Australians all, should be rejoicing at the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report that the country's international trade surplus widened by 138% ...

Adviser sentiment turns corner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
The negativity around life insurance adviser sentiment is starting to turn a corner, according to new research from Zurich. Adviser sentiment improved marginally from 4.1 points in December 2015 to 4.2 points in February 2017, according to the Risk ...

Wingate strengthens team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
Global equities manager, Wingate Asset Management, is strengthening its team with the addition of two distribution professionals. Jeannie Bredberg joins as the national head of business development and Duncan Knight joins as the national head of key ...

Praemium details former chief executive's sacking

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
Praemium's chair has detailed the difficulties he and the board faced in the lead up to sacking chief executive Michael Ohanessian. The situation came to a head in January 2017, when Ohanessian presented a lengthy document to chair Greg Camm refusing ...

MAX Awards launch Financial Literacy Campaign of the Year

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
This year's MAX Awards will feature a new category - the Financial Literacy Campaign of the Year - to recognise the crucial role the industry plays in furthering wealth education. The introduction of the new category coincides with the 25th anniversary ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
"Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry..." - Culture Club It began like just another ordinary day on Wall Street but last night it was one with an upward bias despite geo-political tremors - chemical attack in Syria and nuclear ...