New survey data has confirmed that the online sales of life/risk insurance have been increasing exponentially – up 108 per cent over the past five years....
KPMG Australia is looking to grow its advisory presence in the evolving wealth and life/risk sectors....
AMP Limited has awarded individual planners and planning practices across its dealer group network....
Both the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers will be using the highly-charged feedback received from their members to the Financial A...
Suncorp and Allianz have been obliged to make refunds to customers worth millions of dollars after being found to have offered so-called ‘add-on’ insurance of little or n...
Money Management has confirmed that a number of the major life insurers received letters for the Royal Commission into alleged misconduct in Australia’s banking superannu...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has told a Parliamentary Committee it will be four years and $19 million later before it is equipped to monitor whole...
IOOF builds on its adviser capability by appointing former Australian Unity executive, Mark Horton Andrews to the newly created role of head of adviser standards, client ...
New research has pointed to the degree to which market uncertainty has created a gold opportunity for fund managers to go direct to investors....
The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has used a speech in Hong Kong to invite offshore players to consider the benefits of Australia’s FinTech r...
Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...
ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...
ASIC has issued a warning to financial advisers to ensure they are complying with client consent requirements when entering into ongoing fee arrangements....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...