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Synchron’s Don Trapnell urges risk advisers to counter worst elements of Trowbridge interim report, including five-year responsibility period....

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Centrepoint Alliance has signed deals with two major banks to boost the finance facility for its insurance premium funding business claiming it can offer better terms und...

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Asset allocation may have fallen out of favour prior to the GFC, but it is now critical to investment returns. That is the key finding of a new report from AMP Capital, w...

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A South African listed property fund is continuing its push into the Australian market, adding two NSW industrial properties to its portfolio of Australian assets...

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Government and regulators have focussed on life insurance commissions purely as a dollar amount while not acting on churn in other commission based advice sectors....

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Poor advice relating to life insurance is a systemic issue and not epithet work of a few rogues, according to ASIC....

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BT Financial Group has been named Risk Company of the Year in the Money Management/DEXX&R Risk Company of the Year Awards....

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The Minister for Finance and Acting Asistant Treasurer, Senator Mathias Cormann will address a Money Management breakfast traversing key issues....

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Risk commissions may be a mis-match for best interests duties, with the current product-driven framework incentivising insurance options that could distract advisers from...

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Investors who buy into Sydney’s CBD office market now can expect solid yields going forward with a surge in demand for space in the city forecast for 2016, according to B...

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TAL chief executive, Jim Minto, says the Australian life insurance sector is still being confronted by difficult markets and challenges....

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Government inquiries looking into Australia’s retirement income woes must consider how changes to the tax treatment of annuities could reshape the system, TAL says. ...

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