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Industry digs deep amid bushfire crisis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
The financial services industry is supporting bushfire victims and volunteer firefighters however possible, as Australia is gripped by a bushfire crisis that has seen many lose their lives. The big banks were amongst the first businesses in the country ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
"Christmas, Christmas time is near, Time for toys and time for cheer..." - Alvin & the Chipmunks I can almost hear those little chipmunk voices singing this Christmas song as I browsed through last week's news of good tidings... and they came in ...

Super consumer body grateful for intervention

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... it would take its first steps towards fulfilling a recommendation of the Productivity Commission to establish a national voice for consumers in Australia's ongoing superannuation debates, the incumbent body has confirmed its hope to march on. Interested ...

New tool launches to help FASEA code compliance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
With less than 20 business days until the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority Code of Ethics comes into effect, some businesses are seeing opportunity. One such organisation is MyNextAdvice, which has launched a solution to help licensees ...

FASEA compliance has silver lining

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... coupled with new ASIC guidelines, empowers not just independent advisers but those at a licensee. "They now have a powerful voice, to take it to their licensees and say, 'That doesn't meet the standards of the FASEA code of ethics. That's ...

Deloitte, TAL partner on AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
TAL and Deloitte have announced a partnership to deploy a regtech solution using artificial intelligence (AI) and voice recognition on its phone-based sales in a bid to ensure better customer outcomes. TAL said the solution will be used on 100% of its ...

FS Power50 highlights most influential advisers in 2019

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
The FS Power50 has been announced for 2019, recognising the 50 most influential financial advisers in Australia. The advisers on the list were nominated by their peers and the Financial Standard editorial team. The 2019 Power50 focussed on those who ...

Super Consumers Australia launches, slams MySuper products

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
New consumer group Super Consumers Australia has marked its launch with a swipe at MySuper products and the superannuation lobby. The consumer group said its research shows the superannuation system "put over 170,000 people into a poor performing super ...

Businesses warned to avoid dud funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... bigger super balance." Large fees are catching the eyes of politicians as well, with Senator Andrew Brag taking to Twitter to voice concerns over the large fees paid by young people. The Rainmaker research revealed people under 25 are often paying twice ...

United front but no merger: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... Planning Association of Australia but acknowledged the two bodies are increasingly recognising the strength of a single voice and a single message. Speaking to media at the AFA National Conference, Bineham said the theme of this year's conference was ...