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EM bonds attractive despite pullback: Eaton Vance

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... from greater access to capital. And as EM companies tap the markets for financing, they have made improvements in transparency and disclosure. These are all signs of economies and markets maturing," Gaffney added. She said it is important to take a long-term ...

Macquarie axes grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... Macquarie platforms. Macquarie said the decision forms part of its ongoing transformation strategy, aiming to increase transparency and demonstrate value to clients in order to provide a comprehensive and tailored offering to high-net-worth clients. ...

Catholic Super backs Modern Slavery Act

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... self-monitoring and self-reporting have not driven adequate awareness of slavery risks and have allowed poor levels of transparency and accountability," Davidson said.

AstuteWheel speeds up risk advice timeframe

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... required to presenting the advice and preparing the SOA from as long as three weeks. With respect to compliance and transparency, Eggers said comprehensive file notes are captured when decisions made by the client and the insurance amounts they determine. ...

YBR offloads legacy wealth subsidiary

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... deliver tailored advice solutions in a professional, yet highly personalised manner. Our clients value our integrity, transparency and dependability which we're confident the YBR clients will also embrace," he added. YBR will work with INPRO to ensure ...

NAB names wealth advocate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... created the customer advocate role in May 2015 as part of its financial advice remediation initiatives and to improve transparency and accountability. In her new role, Petre is to improve the customer complaints systems and processes across the wealth ...

New model boosts adviser engagement: MLC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... Members can access greater understanding of their life insurance as well as submit claims through the platform, seeing transparency the whole way along," Smith said.

TAL to boost adviser underwriting knowledge

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... advisers and clients better understand the underwriting process. TAL launched the education initiative to increase transparency in the underwriting process, and said the initiative would provide advisers and clients with tools to better understand underwriting ...

Efficiency and transparency drive client satisfaction during life claims: Beddoes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
Latest Beddoes Institute research reports client satisfaction at claim time is driven by two key factors. Efficiency in claims lodgement, and assessment processes backed by transparent ongoing claims management are the strongest drivers of client satisfaction ...

The future of advice fee structures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... separation of product fees from advice fees is the first step in addressing that underlying conflict. "It imposes transparency upon the system, which is key to sustaining consumer best interests. It allows consumers to better understand what service ...