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Research reveals factors influencing advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... acknowledging it is "not a flawless representation of the way adviser-client relationships, nor advice processes, exist in real life". "This artificiality limits the weight to attach to any conclusions. However, just as roleplays, however artificial ...

Poor financial literacy failing young workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... do no know if they are receiving the right SG contributions. Only a minority (10%) make extra contributions. In terms of life insurance, less than half (42%) would consider insurance if they found themselves unexpectedly unable to work. The survey also ...

Advisers report burnout, breaking point: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... are advisers growing their businesses and enjoying the work. This cohort reported strong wellbeing, mental health and work-life balance. "If advisers' wellbeing and mental health does not improve dramatically, the constant change and regulatory demands ...

Aware Super adds government relations head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... on its relationships with federal and state governments to achieve positive policy outcomes. She previously worked at MLC Life Insurance as executive lead - relationship management group insurance and at Sunsuper as executive general manager strategy ...

Actuaries Institute unveils IDII recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... failure". The final recommendations follow a 12 month-review, led by an appointed Actuaries Institute taskforce, which found that life insurers lost more than $2 billion over the last three years as a result of problematic IDII products. One recommendation ...

Advisers filter clients via ethical lens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
The rise of ethically minded financial advisers has reached the point where clients have been sacked because they do not align with their values. This is according to Zurich risk strategy specialist Adam Crabbe, who is seeing a shift in the emergence ...

Chief economist: What JobKeeper cliff?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... winner Niels Bohr has been proven time after time but more recently in the Australian Federal Treasury's prediction of life after JobKeeper. Speaking before the Economics Legislation Committee on March 24, treasury secretary Steven Kennedy warned ...

Labor to push for YFYS stapling amendments

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... did not apply to members in hazardous occupations. "I think they should make concessions in those areas because the real-life consequence on people will be excluded from life insurance cover," Jones told Financial Standard in an interview from the sidelines ...

Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... federal Treasury's spending splurge announced in the 2021/22 budget on May 11. But as Ella Fitzgerald sings, "into each life some rain must fall". The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence dropped by 4.8% in May from April. Then ...

Life insurers getting into rehab concerning: SCA

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
Life insurers offering rehabilitation services of policyholders has its demerits, says Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran. Speaking at a panel on the future of life insurance in Australia, O' Halloran said while insurers getting ...