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Venture capital firm plants $1.8m seed for Honee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... international expansion to Los Angeles. Honee is reported as "Australia's first tech company to propel the beauty and wellness industry into the digital age." Its co-founders found the beauty industry had been left behind by the internet revolution. ...

Industry fund pilots cancer wellness program

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... trialled by 100 REST Industry Super members, focusing on identifying solutions to barriers that prevent returning to wellness and work. It uses national occupational rehabilitation services provider IPAR's wellness coaching model developed in conjunction ...

Financial Standard's top stories of 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... company Discovery; the three will work under the new brand myOwn and offer both life and health insurance, along with AIA's wellness program AIA Vitality. 6. Aurora CFO terminated as $1m vanishes from listed trust (27 November) Aurora Funds Management ...

Industry funds adopt robo-advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... milestone in cementing Mercer's presence in the region. "Both organisations share a deep passion on challenges such as wellness and ageing. This partnership will enable us to bring our different perspectives to the challenges of the day, leading to new ...

ANZ splits OnePath businesses, revamps life insurance team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... response to the number of increasing mental illness related claims, ANZ named Maria Falas as head of mental health and wellness for life insurance. She was most recently a client solutions manager for group risk. ANZ Wealth group executive Alexis George ...

AFA launches mental health service

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... the association has seen a lot of "and it's starting to really become part of what we're doing in terms of financial wellness and mental health." "It's about being able to cope with the normal stresses of life and being able to work productively and ...

Soft skills the new pages in adviser playbook

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... the soft skills financial advisers need in their tool kits as Australians become more dependent on advice for financial wellness. Speaking at a media briefing prior to the conference beginning yesterday afternoon, Kewin said advisers need to be ever ...

Advisers can scale via workplace super clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... now recognised as a genuine staff benefit. Advisers are encouraged to ask business owner clients about the financial wellness of staff members, namely because highly engaged employees can help deliver higher levels of productivity and can result in higher ...

Turning lazy cash into super savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... consumers to save money towards retirement, whilst gaining a better understanding of their finances and achieving financial wellness. "Most people don't realise they have lazy cash or the potential effects it could have on their savings until you show ...

The future lies in wellness: WSSA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
Advisers specialising in the workplace superannuation space are ideally placed to offer online financial wellness programs and should be looking to broaden their services, according to Workplace Super Specialists Australia. WSSA president Terry Rhodes ...