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Chatbots will move from consumer finance to corporate: BAML

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
Bank of America Merrill Lynch believes chatbot technologies could have applications in the wholesale and corporate side of banking as customers demand better ways to interact. Speaking at a SIBOS session in Sydney, Bank of America Merrill Lynch treasury ...

Bank-owned advice firm requests ASIC extension

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... enforceable undertaking. ASIC said Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (CFPL) recently requested an extension for Ernst & Young (EY) to produce its final report on the advice firm's remediation processes and its controls over fees for no service. ...

ASIC moves on Dollarmites

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... including Commonwealth Bank's recently criticised Dollarmites program. ASIC said school banking programs are supposed to educate young Australians about the importance of saving by using the school to facilitate deposits. However, after recent criticism ...

Young advisers key to business sustainability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
The highest performing financial services firms are those that are more likely to hire younger advisers, according to new research. Macquarie's second bi-annual AFS Benchmarking Report shows that more than 55% of high performing firms are hiring younger ...

Ban Dollarmites: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... of readers disagreed with this statement, claiming that initiatives like Dollarmites help promote financial literacy at a young age. CBA recently came under fire for its 87-year-old Dollarmites program after it was awarded a Shonky award from consumer ...

Reforms impact adviser mental health

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... illness is currently costing the Australian economy $28.6 billion a year and suicide is now the leading cause of death among young and middle-aged Australians. "We all fake it. We fake being great and happy, because that's what we're programmed to do. ...

FPA appoints new chair, director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... director Philip Pledge will step down from his role on December 31 after a decade at the association. He is a retired Ernst and Young partners and chaired FPA's audit and risk management committee. His spot is going to Paul Ruiz who currently sits on ...

Scale integral to adviser success

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
The successful financial advice businesses of the future will be those that have gained effective scale. That is the view of Fortnum Private Wealth, believing the increasingly challenging nature of running an advice business will give rise to advice ...

CBA fires up over Dollarmites criticism

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... brand-free financial literacy initiatives. "Schools need assistance to deliver independent financial literacy programs that help young people to explore and assess the different options in the market," Guthrie said. "If the Commonwealth Bank wanted to ...

Part-time work widens super gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... women are working part-time. Forty-four percent of women work part-time - about three times more than men (16%). Ironically, young women continue to achieve higher levels of education than young men. As of 2017, the ABS shows 45% of women attained a ...