MENTAL HEALTH

Financial planning

A leading suicide and mental health expert from Griffith University has urged the advice industry to undertake research into the effect that regulatory change may have ha...

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Financial planning

Suicide as a result of regulatory change in the Australian advice industry is rising, according to Infocus chief executive, Darren Steinhardt....

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Financial planning

TAL has launched additional mental health insights to support licensees and financial advisers to manage their mental health. ...

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Financial planning

Stress and anxiety due to the number of never-ending hurdles placed on advisers along with civil penalties as a punishment for non-compliance is resulting in quality advi...

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Financial planning

The Government does not deserve credit for fixing “no brainer” issues in the industry and needs to acknowledge that it can regulate an industry out of existence, accordin...

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Features

It has been three years since the Royal Commission but, Chris Dastoor writes, financial advisers are still being held in poor light by politicians despite a low level of ...

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Financial planning

The perception of the industry and how it is being reported in the media has been one of the major contributing factors to poor mental health for advisers....

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Life/Risk

The life insurer supports the Government’s plan announced in the Budget to develop a streamlined mechanism to transfer life insurance customers from old legacy products t...

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Financial planning

Only 27 people used the Financial Planning Association’s Wellbeing service last year and the Association of Financial Advisers is also finding a low uptake with its menta...

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Expert Analysis

Margo Lydon explains why it is time to change the narrative of ‘more jobs’ to one focused on giving people ‘better jobs’....

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Superannuation

The financial services sector ‘banded together’ during the pandemic as Government measures such as early access to super meant staff were in high demand....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers have expressed concern over an industry podcast which has revealed how the pressures generated by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority ...

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People & Products

The collaboration aims to better understand and improve the current state of mental health of financial advisers in Australia....

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People & Products

Over 5,000 accountants will receive training in providing mental health first aid to assist clients across Australia by 2022. ...

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Financial planning

People experiencing financial stress, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are acting aggressively to others, according to a report....

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