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Mental health to transform life insurance: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... also be offered the support of a Caseworks registered nurse to visit their home and guide them through their claim application process. In its life insurance whitepaper released last year, ANZ said the rise in mental health claims, particular across ...

Application fees increase for tax advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
Increased funding for the Tax Practitioners Board will be offset by an increase in application fees for tax practitioners, including financial advisers. The Government said it would provide $20.1 million over four years from 2018-19 so as to assist ...

ASIC drags NSW adviser to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
A financial adviser who allegedly recommended his clients set up SMSFs and invest funds in a company where he was a director; and claimed life insurance commissions from illegitimate applications, will face the Federal Court this month. ASIC has commenced ...

Federal government responds to white collar crime Senate inquiry

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
The Federal Government has agreed to strengthen some of ASIC's powers but has deferred acting on recommendations to tighten self-reporting and industry codes as it waits for the dust to settle on Royal Commission findings. In its response to the Senate ...

Fees for no service an old issue: AMP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... of the 2417 register transactions that took place, 39 were Buyer Of Last Resort (BOLR) transactions which involved application of the 90-day exception," the AMP submission said. "We have apologised to and refunded the fees to all customers impacted by ...

Uncertainty abounds future of advice regulation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
Testimony provided to the Royal Commission by key financial advice associations and the corporate regulator raised concerns as to the organisations' efficacy in identifying and penalising misconduct. In closing the Royal Commission's inquiry into financial ...

Nick Bolton back on ASIC radar

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... substantive issues." "If it should be the case that Sebastian has, since October 2015 and before the hearing of his application for review, behaved in a way that is contrary to s 206A, then he would have committed an offence because he was, at the time ...

RBA names new chief information officer

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The Reserve Bank of Australia has appointed a new chief information officer. Gayan Benedict has been serving as the RBA's deputy head, technology services since 2013. Before that, he was senior manager, department of information technology. Prior to ...

Wealth management products make big leaps in digital sales readiness

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... banks. They mainly looked for two things: could the product be applied for from desktop and mobile devices; did the application have the basic features necessary to ensure success. It compared the results for three years, with the 2017 sample set consisting ...

Tradies test predictive underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS AAi) to use machine learning and big data to build a more reliable application and assessment process. UTS AAi associate professor Guandong Xu said it would also involve client behaviour modelling ...