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MLC Life enriches health and wellbeing program

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... customer - some will just look for step counting and reliable sleep tracking, others want GPS for running, advanced resting heart rate data and more," MLC chief customer officer, retail advised insurance, Melissa Heyhoe said. "The focus of the program ...

AFA keeps financial literacy front of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... - 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 at the centre. "To increase ...

Mastering education skillsets will be long-term: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... already believe. Alternatively, he views it as a picture of the DNA underpinning advice. "It describes what lies at the heart of advice; a healthy relationship between an adviser and their client. As advisers, we see this framework being used to review ...

Values-based approach will advance advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... once said: "When you speak to a man you speak to his head, but when you speak to a man in his language you speak to his heart." She said advisers should keep their language and more so their characteristics in mind when advancing values-based change. ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
Check out this blog to get an hourly update on the latest announcements, session highlights and social media commentary live at the AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference. 10.30pm - AFA caps its annual conference with an awards gala ceremony for the 2017 ...

CBA climate risk court case abandoned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... evident for decades," Abrahams said. The shareholder's lawyer, David Barnden, acknowledged the importance of CBA's change of heart, describing the bank as a long-time laggard on informing shareholders of risks. "Under the Corporations Act directors of ...

Record turnout drives Managed Accounts Forum success

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... implementing managed accounts for the Victoria-based firm has been immense. The financial services and advice practice took to heart what clients wanted: expertise, quick reaction and good communication, Betts said, adding managed accounts are delivering ...

Managed Accounts Forum draws record crowd

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... executive thinking that [managed accounts] was an esoteric trading strategy that would bring the license down. The executive's heart was in the right place but, to this day, I regret not leaving that license there and then, as we have only been able ...

The disconnect at the heart of financial services

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
Many investment professionals are fundamentally disconnected from the true value of their industry - and their firms suffer as a result. This is the conclusion reached by State Street Global Advisors head of portfolio strategists Asia-Pacific Jonathan ...

Labor takes aim at executive pay

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
The Federal Opposition has adopted a new party policy to force Commonwealth entities, including investment managers, to publish details of executive remuneration. Formally amending the rules surrounding executive remuneration, Labor will aim to ensure ...