The overlooked art of good governance

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Does your Outsourced CIO fit within your governance structure and offer the governance you need? It is a vitally important, yet often overlooked element in the development and maintenance of... Read more continue reading

Advice practice sustainability – a risk management perspective

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Financial advice in Australia is facing a sustainability challenge. Caught between the pincers of rising costs – including a 160% increase in the ASIC levy over 3 years[1] – and... Read more continue reading

Ethics and your elderly clients

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The COVID-19 pandemic not only caused older Australians to worry about their health and finances, it reportedly increased the incidence of elder abuse. This includes an increase in reported financial... Read more continue reading

MetLife wins record five ALUCA awards

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MetLife Australia has won a record five ALUCA (Australasian Life Underwriting and Claims Association) Life Insurance Excellence Awards 2021, which recognises excellence in life insurance claims and underwriting. MetLife, the first organisation... Read more continue reading

Global Spend on Financial Crime Compliance at Financial Institutions Reaches $213.9 Billion USD

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LexisNexis® Risk Solutions has released its annual True Cost of Financial Crime Compliance Global Report. The results derived from the comprehensive survey of 1,015 financial crime compliance decision makers at... Read more continue reading

Replacing insurance: Right? Or always wrong?

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Replacing insurance – or “Churning” as it is often called –  is a topic guaranteed to generated heated debate within the industry. At one extreme there are advisers whose entire... Read more continue reading

Fidelity International introduces new flexible ‘dynamic working’ for global employees

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Fidelity International is to offer employees the opportunity to work more flexibly as part of a new ‘dynamic working’ policy, which comes into effect immediately. This new way of working... Read more continue reading

MetLife auditor named BFO Young Ambassador for 2021

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MetLife Australia’s Senior Internal Auditor, Aoife Donnelly, has been named one of The Banking and Finance Oath (BFO) Young Ambassadors for 2021. Ms Donnelly was announced as a BFO Young... Read more continue reading

The employee engagement imperative for financial advice practices

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Happy staff, happy clients, happy shareholders A company’s biggest asset – as the saying goes – is its people. It’s a truism that applies equally to the largest corporations and... Read more continue reading

AustralianSuper wins Chant West Super Fund of the Year

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AustralianSuper has been named Super Fund of the Year at the ninth annual Chant West Super Fund Awards last night in Sydney. More than 300 guests from across the industry... Read more continue reading