Improving the wellbeing of your clients

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Stuart Alsop, Head of Sales at intelliflo, highlights the crucial role advisers play in supporting the financial security of clients and their ability to boost their general wellbeing. Given the... Read more continue reading

AXA IM receives global EDGE Move certification as it progresses towards a more gender-equitable workplace

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AXA Investment Managers has achieved EDGE (Economic Dividends for Gender Equality) Move certification, in recognition of the significant progress towards a gender-equitable workplace. After having achieved EDGE Assess certification in... Read more continue reading

The important role of trust in ethics and financial advice

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Recent research shows trust in financial advisers has risen in Australia…however, 58 percent of prospective clients lack trust in advice. This article, proudly sponsored by GSFM, explores the inextricable links... Read more continue reading

Risk advice – An 8-point guide to better field underwriting and better client outcomes

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Field underwriting leads to better customer outcomes Field underwriting, in simple terms, is the information gathering and screening of risk advice clients, done by a financial adviser before an application... Read more continue reading

Advice firms seeking scalability and capability in an acquisition

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Financial advice practices seeking growth through acquisition are searching for greater scalability and capability as the average cost to deliver financial advice continues to rise, according to Virtual Business Partners... Read more continue reading

MetLife wins four ALUCA Life Insurance Excellence Awards 2022

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MetLife Australia has been awarded four awards at the 2022 ALUCA (Australasian Life Underwriting and Claims Association) Life Insurance Excellence Awards, which recognise excellence in life insurance claims and underwriting. MetLife has... Read more continue reading

Pendal says future is worth investing in with new campaign

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Pendal Group (Pendal) shines a light on financial advisers and the role they play in creating positive change in its latest brand campaign by ‘uberbrand’. In this campaign, financial advisers... Read more continue reading

Scaling the wall of worry – a 10-point checklist for communicating volatility

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The old rules no longer apply For more than a decade, the Australian economy has, like most others around the world, operated within a low inflation, low interest rate environment.... Read more continue reading

LexisNexis Risk Solutions study estimates Australian financial services firms will spend more than US$2.54 billion on financial crime compliance in 2022

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LexisNexis® Risk Solutions has released its first Australian edition of the LexisNexis True Cost of Compliance™ Study. The study revealed that Australian financial services companies are expected to spend more... Read more continue reading

Advisers and industry leaders call for collaboration to solve advice accessibility challenge

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Collaborative action to drive transformation must be taken to enable financial advice to be more cost-effective and accessible, not only to help more Australians meet their individual financial goals but... Read more continue reading