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SelectingSuper finalists announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
Finalists for the 2017 Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards have been announced ahead of the industry event on November 16 in Melbourne. The 2017 awards, highlighting Australia's top superannuation providers and industry leaders, represent a significant ...

Westpac faces class action over life insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... customers and should be compensated for the excess premiums, it added. The law firm expects between 30,000 and 40,000 Australians have been negatively impacted. Shine Lawyers alleges Westpac breached its fiduciary duties and is seeking to determine if ...

AFA keeps financial literacy front of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... be planning for the future - and the government is firm believer in boosting the knowledge skills and behaviours of Australians," she said. "At the heart of everything the Turnbull Government is doing in financial services is our desire to put the consumer ...

AFA Adviser, Practice of the Year winners named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... MEDIQ Financial Services, on so many fronts. They are delivering genuinely life-changing advice to so many ordinary Australians, people who, given the current landscape, really need it," AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said. The awards, supported by Zurich ...

AFA and Map My Plan join forces

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... National Adviser Conference on the Gold Coast, the partnership is seen as a simple solution to a wide problem for Australians. AFA general manager member services, partnerships and campus Nick Hakes said: "We want more Australians to experience the great ...

Taking advice to the streets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
Positioning Australians as the architect of their own financial advice journey might just be the ticket to getting more people engaged with the industry and achieving financial goals. With just 20% of Australians receiving financial advice, Madison ...

Confidence up but will consumers shop?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... increasing sun shiny days that spring brings to our part of the globe come the green sprouts of optimism among us, Australians all. For the first time in 11 months, there are more optimists than pessimists in this land girth by sea. This is the latest ...

Soft skills the new pages in adviser playbook

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... National Adviser Conference is deliberately focused on the soft skills financial advisers need in their tool kits as Australians become more dependent on advice for financial wellness. Speaking at a media briefing prior to the conference beginning yesterday ...

Advisers underrated at claim time

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... advisers and insurers can best work together to make a difference for clients," Hill said. Each year thousands of Australians benefit from being paid a life insurance claim. In 2016, this amounted to more than $9 billion in total claims being paid.

Accessing financial wellbeing: The power of general advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... & Co. managing director Marc Bineham's decision to share his experiences in developing a mechanism to get more Australians engaged with their financial wellbeing at this year's AFA National Adviser Conference. "Australians are in need of financial ...