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MLC Life enhances mental health offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... to provide a second medical opinion for diagnosis and treatment plans. The new service, Mental Health Navigator, will connect customers with a mental health nurse who serves as a consistent point of contact. After the collection of medical records, customers ...

ASIC wants industry views on short selling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
ASIC is reviewing its approach to short selling, including a proposal which would allow market makers of certain exchange-traded products to naked short sell units in an ETF or a managed fund. The law enforcement agency is seeking feedback on several ...

Mental health to transform life insurance: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
ANZ Wealth is making inroads with its newly launched mental health initiatives, including innovative and preventative programs aiming for the life insurer to play a more active role in the space. According to ANZ Wealth head of mental health and wellness ...

Macquarie partners with wealth fintech

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... banking and wealth solutions, and Macquarie's open platform facilitates this, enabling approved third-party providers to connect to offer new services and experiences."

Fees for no service an old issue: AMP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
Responding to Royal Commission findings, AMP says its fees for no service issue is old news; preparation of a Clayton Utz report into the issue has been overstated; and its misleading representations to ASIC have also been overstated. The 28-page response ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
The US Federal Reserve's 1-2 May FOMC meeting was both expected and a non-event - it kept the fed funds rate target at 1.5%-1.75% and more or less cut and pasted the FOMC Statement at its 20-21 March meeting. Well, maybe less, for May's statement was ...

Industry fund launches assistant on Google Home

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... could now engage with Roger more easily than ever before. "The integration of Roger with Google Home gives us new ways to connect with our members at times convenient to them, and in ways that are relevant to their lifestyles," she said. "Roger can already ...

US project to end pension politics

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
An American non-profit - led by a former state treasurer - is demanding pension plan managers stop putting politics before prudent investment. The Institute for Pension Fund Integrity (IPFI) says if a fund manager is investing pension money based on ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Day 4 and 5)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... he had great confidence in ASIC's ability to deal with matters raised during RC. In contrast to Morrison's confidence, Connect Financial Services Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan said RC has showed ASIC is not prepared for ASIC reports. See More: Dead ...

ASIC totally unprepared for advice reforms: Tynan

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan believes if the Royal Commission has made anything clear, it's that ASIC is in the dark about how to police financial advice misconduct. Speaking to Financial Standard, Tynan said the key ...