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Financial incentive provokes misconduct: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... pro-organisational behaviour. The paper cited several scandals in the finance industry globally - including the Payment Protection Insurance scandal in the UK, Wells Fargo employees opening up two million accounts without proper customer authorisation ...

Suncorp pays $1.4m remediation bill

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... corporate regulator imposed additional licence conditions on the Guardian Advice AFSL in 2015 after it found the life insurance advice being provided to retail clients was defective. ASIC was concerned Guardian Advice had failed to comply with its general ...

APRA slaps traffic light ratings on super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... developing a heat map based on four key areas -investment returns, fees and charges, sustainability and in due course insurance - that will be tested on the performance of MySuper funds and eventually broadened to choice products. By the end of 2019 ...

United front but no merger: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... on the back of the work the AFA has been doing with the FPA in recent months, including the joint taskforce on life insurance and lobbying Senator Jane Hume in Canberra. Consistent with that, FPA chief executive Dante De Gori attended the conference ...

Life insurance leaders fear for industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
Some of the biggest names in Australia's life insurance sector have shared their biggest concerns for the future of the industry. Appearing on a panel at the 2019 Association of Financial Advisers National Conference, Zurich chief distribution officer ...

Risk commissions must be retained: MetLife

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... Adelaide. MetLife head of retail sales Matt Lippiatt revealed three in five consumers and small business owners with life insurance purchased through a financial adviser believe removing life risk commissions would have a detrimental impact on Australians ...

Hejaz climbs Islamic fund ladder

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... planning and tax services. The company is set to expand their offering in the next 12 months to include real estate, insurance and legal services. According to a report by the Malaysia Islamic International Financial Centre, total global Islamic assets ...

Members still lack group insurance awareness: MetLife

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
Superannuation members still do not realise they are entitled to life insurance via their super funds despite concerted effort to raise awareness, new research finds. MetLife's latest Insurance inside super report found 73% of Australians are aware ...

Nominees await top AFA honours

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... aim, is to encourage more women to seek advice so that they can be adequately resourced for retirement and obtaining insurance," Kewin said. "With more women in the industry, we hope this will be a natural progression." See the full list of award finalists ...

Manager vacancy at $50m fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... they have demonstrated phase one clinical trial results), or if their main activity is property development, finance, insurance, construction and passive income generating investing. However, its investment universe allows eligible companies in finance ...