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Industry fund pilots cancer wellness program

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... Swiss Re and IPAR to help cancer patients beyond medical treatment highlights the increasing importance of tackling mental health and wellbeing issues in our community," he said. Swiss Re managing director of Australia and New Zealand Mark Senkevics ...

SuperFriend welcomes new director

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
A mental health foundation that works with profit-to-member superannuation funds has appointed its first independent, non-executive director to the board. Megan Bonny joins SuperFriend with more than 20 years' experience in managing communications and ...

Planners divided on mental health advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Mental health is an issue growing across Australia and the financial services industry is responding. AMP recently refreshed its mental health training program for financial advisers and the content now exceeds the minimum standards set by the Financial ...

LaSalle appoints local client executive

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... Mustac takes on the role having previously founded digital health platform Dokotela, which is designed to connect mental health patients to specialists via videoconferencing. Before Dokotela, she advised on corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions ...

ANZ Wealth partners for mental health support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
ANZ Wealth is piloting a mental health coaching service in partnership with Remedy Healthcare. Customers lodging income protection claims relating to depression or anxiety will have the option to undertake a complimentary, phone-based Remedy Healthcare ...

Mental health an underlying business problem: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
A mental health foundation that works with profit-to-member superannuation funds said about half of more than 5000 Australians believe workplace mental health and wellbeing is a problem in their business. SuperFriend released its annual Indicators of ...

ANZ splits OnePath businesses, revamps life insurance team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... since 2012. In 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 ...

Advisers must provide more than financial health checks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... planning and wealth protection strategies. Haskew believes all advisers should be across their clients' physical and mental health as well as recreational or lifestyle habits as they are key factors in determining which wealth strategies are feasible. ...

AFA launches mental health service

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... partnered with one of Australia's largest providers of employment assistance programs to help its membership with mental health support services. AFA Care is a partnership with Davidson Trahaire Corpsych and was officially launched at the AFA 2017 National ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... reaction: "Don't let anyone 'should' about you." AFA CEO Phil Kewin goes onstage and talks about the importance of mental health and wellbeing. "Many financial advisers run small businesses so you have the stresses of a small business owner," he said. ...