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QSuper culls comprehensive advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... press release this morning. "As a result of the review, QSuper has significantly expanded the personal, over the phone financial advice service available to members which is provided at no additional cost to the member." The fund has added topics on ...

COVID-19 dampens retirement expectations: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... working as intended, he argued. "COVID-19's impact has exposed shortcomings in retirement product design, access to financial advice and superannuation education," Rady argued. The survey found that almost 80% of retirees did not seek financial advice ...

Financial services demands more mental health support

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... COVID-19 has caused an uptick in the demand for access to mental health and wellbeing training for the employees of financial services firms, according to SuperFriend. New analysis by the wealth management industry's mental health partner reveals a "marked ...

Life insurance activity rises: MetLife

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... negative' impact has eased since March, there is still a lot of uncertainty when it comes to job security and financial wellbeing, particularly amongst younger Australians." Carey said financial providers, including superfunds and advisers, have a key ...

Charities call for further stimulus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... executive Suzie Riddell warned charities would suffer disproportionately as they adapt to the new environment. "Our financial analysis shows that thousands of charities are at risk of closing and more than 200,000 jobs lost at a time when we should be ...

Banks accused of violating worker ethics

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... Social Policy Network of the University of Divinity. It examines the impact that the internal policies of banks and financial services companies have on the working lives of eight FSU members. "Workers have bore the brunt of efforts to extract maximum ...

Advisers split on COVID-19 opportunity

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
New research shows financial advisers are split down the middle when it comes to deciding whether COVID-19 is an opportunity to pick up new business, or a time to focus on existing clients. Latest MLC Wealth analysis found that the COVID-19 pandemic ...

A challenge in a Class of its own

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... complicate matters, part of NowInfinity's development team is based in the Ukraine. Class chief executive Andrew Russell told Financial Standard the experience of buying a business only for it to end up on the other side of closed borders was quite the ...

SuperFriend bolsters support offerings as demand peaks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... organisation has updated its "most popular and impactful" training, and created new training in an effort to help the financial services industry through the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to SuperFriend, the pandemic has caused ...

Advisers adapt as crisis unfolds

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... had been quick to adapt in order to thrive through this challenging period. "In this environment the value of quality financial advice has never been greater," he said. "Advisers are working to adapt their businesses and overcome the challenges of mandatory ...