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New analysis suggests Australian life insurers could face big remediation bills if ASIC were to emulate its UK regulatory counterpart in the life insurance arena....

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The AFA, FPA and the FSC have all been invited to meet with Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O’Dwyer, to voice their concerns around the Life Insurance Framework....

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Risk advisers told that when they switch to fees from commissions they need to demonstrate their value as an adviser....

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Life insurers’ relationships with advisers must evolve beyond the current transactional model to an efficient partnership, TAL group chief executive, Brett Clark, believe...

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Despite changes to lending rules and property bubble concerns, property investor sentiment still remains upbeat, a report reveals....

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The Financial Services Council’s position supporting three-year clawbacks demands that advisers take enormous leaps of faith and defies the position of some members, clai...

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The AFA said it will continue to hold talks with new Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O’Dwyer and the Federal Government over life insurance and educational requirements. ...

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TAL secures services of ex-AMP financial planning executive director, Steve Helmich, to plot Affinia’s ambitious growth plans....

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Park Trent Properties Group has been found to have given unlawful advice to over 860 people to establish and switch funds into an SMSF....

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While the major planning groups met with new Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O’Dwyer last week no one is expected any early calls on the detail of the Life Insurance Framework...

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NAB has revealed it is in ongoing negotiations with Nippon Life to enter a life insurance product manufacturing agreement aimed at bolstering the wealth business....

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Hybrid commissions may remove perceptions of bias in adviser recommendations, but it will not boost advice quality, the FPA argues....

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