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TAL partners with mental health NFP

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... University of Sydney as part of its commitment to improving mental health outcomes. Neil Greenberg, a defence mental health professor at King's College London was recruited to help understand PTSD. This year, a partnership with Remedy Healthcare ...

Super funds suit up for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... members has shifted from super fund trustees and directors to the regulators, University of New South Wales associate professor Anthony Asher says. Regulators should be making sure super funds are fulfilling their social purpose - which is to look after ...

Mis-selling super a win for consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... year, a specialist consumer organisation in this space is long overdue," Mack said. University of Sydney Business School professor of finance Susan Thorp rounds out the SCC's board.

Adviser Ratings to predict licensees' quality of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... and track the ongoing status of financial advice providers," he said. University of New South Wales Business School professor of finance Jerry Parwada, who co-authored the white paper with Hoven, said: "At stake is the threat to retail customers' willingness ...

Should high-income earners pay charity levy?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... remain that way, the academics said. The idea was developed by Monash Sustainable Development Institute researchers Professor Dave Griggs, who was heavily involved in the development of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Associate Professor ...

NAB names wealth advocate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... services and advice. She takes over from academic Dimity Kingsford-Smith, who returned to her full-time role as a law professor at the University of NSW. NAB created the customer advocate role in May 2015 as part of its financial advice remediation initiatives ...

Super scorecard to shift consumer playing field

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... major component of most CIPRs," Cooper said. Another speaker at the forum, Dimensional Fund Advisors resident scientist Professor Robert Merton, said Australia's plan to reorient its superannuation system towards an income goal will require a change ...

MLC Life enhances mental health offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... cost, and they don't need to make an insurance claim to use it," she said. Mental Health Navigator advisory board member Professor Bernhard Baune said the service would add a support layer to Australia's existing healthcare system. Professor Baune - ...

NSW Treasury appoints productivity commissioner

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... businesses to identify regulatory problem areas and provide fresh ideas. Achterstraat has previously served as an adjunct professor at the University of Sydney's Graduate School of Government and held the positions of infrastructure adviser for Advisian ...

Government names AFCA board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... Wein is the principal mediator at Wein Mediation. He was previously the co-director of House Homewares and an adjunct professor in RMIT University's school of business management. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said ...