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CBA backs financial counselling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... Commonwealth Bank is committed to helping stamp out economic abuse in Australia, partnering with Financial Counselling Australia to better equip financial counsellors aiding those impacted by domestic and family violence. CBA has pledged $400,000 to ...

Insurers lagging on mental health

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... mental health issues, according to Mental Health Australia director, policy and projects Josh Fear. Speaking at the 2017 Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference in Sydney, Fear said that the number-one request he hears from past or present ...

FOS and CIO should merge: report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... the Credit and Investments Ombudsman would be better off as a single entity, according to a new Financial Counselling Australia report. The report, based on a survey of FCA members, found that 75% of financial counsellors were in support of a FOS and ...

Industry fund fights financial exclusion

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... inclusion and to raise awareness of the issue. As part of its FIAP HESTA has committed to greater access to financial counselling for HESTA members who seek to access their superannuation due to financial hardship. HESTA will use the feedback from the ...

ACE forced to pay $1m for poor Combined sales culture

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... systems, put a remediation plan to compensate affected consumers in place and make a donation of $1 million to financial counselling and financial literacy initiatives. ACE Insurance salespeople travelled door-to-door selling and renewing Combined Insurance ...

Financial services fail to share mental health data

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
Two-thirds of listed financial services companies are failing to disclose important data for measuring employee mental health against wider standards. According to a new report by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), only a third ...

CBA looks for plaintiffs to assist in remediation process

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... Guthrie as a consultant expert advisor to the panel. Currently she is the executive director of Financial Counselling Australia (FCA) and a member of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's Consumer Consultative Committee (ACCCCCC). Advisory ...

Commbank knew of potential Storm collapse: lawyers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
Lawyers for victims of the Storm Financial collapse said they have uncovered a document which proves that the Commonwealth Bank knew investors would lose their money during the global financial crisis. Barrister Tony Morris told the Federal Court in ...

BT hones tech for advice scale

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
BT Financial chief Brad Cooper's strategic focus on cross-selling wealth products to Westpac customers will be helped by a multi-pronged technology-based approach. Mark Spiers, BT's general manager of advice said technology will be a key battleground ...

Financial services honoured with Queen's favour

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... partnerships with advocates and advice services across the not-for-profit sector. These networks provide financial counselling, tenancy, legal and citizens' advice. Current director of Industry and Consumer Services, Hillyard established and managed ...