ANZ commissions mental health portal for advisers
ANZ has commissioned a mental health and wellness portal to help advisers develop a greater awareness about their own mental health and facilitate more meaningful conversations with clients.
The portal, developed by wellbeing company, Mindstar, gives advisers access to tools, information and education about mental health and wellness issues, with the intention of equipping advisers with the resources to talk about issues with their clients.
ANZ Wealth’s head of sales, Don Sillar, said advisers were in a position to positively impact those affected by mental health as they “stood on the frontline” when it came to listening and responding to highly personal and confidential information.
He said while a recent poll revealed that advisers ranked their knowledge of mental health issues as six out of ten, nearly two thirds of advisers wanted more information and training to help them identify mental health conditions like stress, depression and anxiety.
Sillar said the new portal would help advisers understand their own mental health, as well as how to talk about conditions with their clients and where to get help.
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Anastasia Santoreneos
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