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ASX-listed firms partner for financial education

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... financial education program that utilises the expertise of financial advisers. The two ASX-listed firms launched My Financial Fitness, which provides subscribers with online content and monthly webinars led by experienced professionals, offering subjects ...

No regrets: Hayne reflects on Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
... customers nowadays are more empowered to make informed decisions. "If the customer cannot make any independent assessment of fitness for purpose and cannot make any useful price comparison, the customer makes the choice to accept or reject what is offered ...

Finfluencers bridge financial advice gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
... their audience. When they refer an adviser, that adviser then gains that trust," Martin says. "Thirty-plus years ago, fitness was something done in the back shed, and it wasn't a cool thing. But now, it has become mainstream and we're seeing that with ...

Advisers must register for FSCP: ASIC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... declarations as they go through the process of registering their advisers," she said. She said the declarations will concern fitness and propriety, as well as ensuring advisers are tracking well with education standards. On that note, Sciacca explained ...

Advisers given access to wellbeing service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... of doctors for general, non-urgent queries, in-depth reviews of physical conditions by experts, a mental health clinic, fitness consultant and nutrition consultant. The initiative follows Deakin University's research that found 73% of advisers experience ...

Kate Farrar's top tips when merging

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... individuals. You need to get the stakeholder allocations right and then consider the constitution of the board from a fitness and skills perspective later on," she said. Brighter Super's board currently comprises 15 directors. This will reduce to ...

MLC Life Insurance launches wellbeing service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... additional health and wellbeing support. Through Vivo, we provide one place to access everything under one proposition, from fitness consultations through to a second opinion on a medical condition from a team of experts," he explained. "For those who ...

Angus Benbow leaves finance for fitness

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Former Centrepoint Alliance chief executive Angus Benbow has taken up a leadership role with mixed-martial arts gym program Wimp2Warrior. Benbow announced he will be co-chief executive of Wimp2Warrior alongside its founder Nick Langton. "An exciting ...

COVID-19 spurs robo-advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... life, saving for the future has become their third priority. The Schroders US Retirement survey found that health and fitness (53%) became a top priority, followed by spending time with the family (39%) and figuring out what to watch on Netflix and other ...

Brian Hartzer to release leadership book

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... (but think carefully before remarking on) their family photos, awards and mementos they display, their new jacket, their fitness watch or their new handbag," he writes. Elsewhere, Hartzer discusses staff satisfaction surveys and shares an anecdote about ...