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Advisers to review privacy compliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Advisers have until March 12, 2014, to ensure their privacy compliance measures meet new privacy principles. The new Australian Privacy Principles require personal information to be handled in an open and transparent way, which means that financial ...

ASIC enhances whistleblower communication

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is taking steps to improve whistleblower communication and protection, one of the main concerns that prompted the Senate inquiry into the regulator's performance. ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft ...

Equip enlists Medibank for health insurance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
Private health insurer Medibank has partnered with industry super fund Equip to provide health insurance packages aligned to the needs of Equip's members. In a media release Equip said the move is aimed at enabling "a more holistic conversation with ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... markets given up on BOE credibility? This makes me wonder if Alan 'the maestro' Greenspan's meme over central bank communication (aka " Fedspeak ") was better all along. According to 'the maestro', he Fedspoke deliberately -- it's a "purposeful obfuscation ...

AMP to launch integrated mobile app

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... doing a lot of work at the moment around human-centred design, and actually engaging customers in helping us design communication products and services, and I think one of the insights that we're getting from a lot of the research is that a lot of younger ...

The AFA develops social media simulator

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... "The simulator gives advisers a practical tool that they can use to develop their 'one on one' or 'one to many' communication strategy," AFA chief executive Brad Fox said. Advisers can segment their client base by date of birth. The simulator then separates ...

Half of Australians not confident managing money

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... their education, simplifying products and making less frequent legislative and product changes," Roy Morgan industry communication director Norman Morris said. "A wider spread use of financial advisers and planners beyond investment purchases would also ...

Advisers should train to fight tax evasion: FPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... AUSTRAC," De Gori said. "AUSTRAC was giving out lots of information to advisers right after the approval of the AML, but communication with the financial services industry has slowed down now." De Gori explained that "people think about the AML as a ...

Advisers and accountants clash over SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... it comes to SMSFs, Crowe Horwath head of SMSF and Superannuation Susie Salmon said. "The challenge is the lack of communication and the fact that the accountant industry, which has always set up the SMSF, will now feel that they can't," Salmon told Financial ...

NAB promotes exec to new custody BDM role

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... business in New Zealand. "Peter's main focus will be to enhance engagement with consultants, as well as regular communication to the market about the business. Peter will also leverage the broader NAB and Bank of New York Mellon relationship to bring ...