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CBA uses virtual reality to revitalise financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... Australia has launched a new virtual reality education program aimed at increasing the financial literacy of young Australians. With a recent survey from Zurich revealing Australians to be overconfident when it comes to money and have poor financial ...

Former AustralianSuper chair joins ME board

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Industry fund-owned bank ME has appointed a former AustralianSuper chair as a non-executive director. Elana Rubin joined the ME board on 4 October. She has more than 20 years' experience as a non-executive director on private, government and not-for-profit ...

AFA award shines spotlight on women in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... has published a book called Finance Action Hero, which brings the basics of financial understanding to thousands of Australians. Niall McConville, general manager of retail distribution at TAL Life, said that Diamantidis was a very impressive candidate ...

Industry bodies united on group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... the success of group insurance provided through superannuation, having resulted in the improved risk protection for Australians as it affords a safety net to millions who would have otherwise not chosen to or been able to access life and disability insurance. ...

AMP launches new advice business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... face-to-face adviser experiences with new technologies designed to make "goals-based advice more accessible to more Australians." New clients will work with "goals coaches" to identify goals - both from a list of 29 derived by AMP research, and by creating ...

NAB and Nippon Life complete sale

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... our deep understanding of the Australian market, enables us to continue to provide great life insurance solutions to Australians," Hackett said. NAB Group chief executive Andrew Thorburn said the sale also includes a 20-year distribution agreement with ...

Super guarantee of 12pct a mistake

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... contributions to 12%. Grattan said sensible conversations about superannuation policy will only arise through recognising how Australians save for retirement and why. Analysis of ABS data and the Melbourne Institute's HILDA survey found superannuation ...

Super members should face "better off test"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... Federal Government to restart Fair Work Commission processes to build a merit based safety net of default funds for Australians that rely on their employer's choice of fund. The push comes as an annual review of Australia's four major banks begins at ...

Next wave of super legislation rolls in

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... said. "The reforms will make the superannuation system fairer, more flexible and more sustainable. The majority of Australians - 96% of individuals with superannuation - will either be better off or unaffected as a result of these changes. Around a quarter ...

Macquarie Australia's favourite finance brand on social media

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... from NetBase. The finance love list is part of the NetBase Top 50 Love List which examines brands across sectors that Australians express the most love for in social media. To do so NetBase used a patented natural language processing technology to find ...