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Editorial

Richard Klipin made a shock exit from the Association of Financial Advisers to join ANZ-owned dealer group millennium3 in 2012....

Financial planning

A financial adviser has raised concerns about some of the marketing strategies used by banks to sell life insurance, which could have a negative financial impact on risk ...

People & Products

Brad Fox confirmed as full-time replacement for Richard Klipin as AFA CEO....

Superannuation

The new superannuation environment that will evolve out of the Government's MySuper changes will be debated at a special Money Management/Association of Financial Adviser...

Editorial

With ASIC's Peter Kell pointing to a level of life insurance policy churning to warrant regulatory concern, it is time for a clear definition of 'churn'....

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Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council (FSC) is understood to be close to reaching a compromise on its so-called Life Insurance framework which, if agreed, would give advisers a ...

People & Products

Richard Klipin has been appointed new chief executive officer of ANZ-owned millenium3....

Financial planning

AFA chief executive Richard Klipin to depart to take up role with ANZ Wealth....

Financial planning

Synchron director Don Trapnell has called the FSC's proposed adviser remuneration model anti-competitive....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that codes of conduct are only effective when those who sign up genuinely appreciate the consequences that follow a breach....

Financial planning

Rapid growth of some financial services licensees has caused regulator concern due to many of them lacking support systems for larger numbers of advisers....

Financial planning

Olivia Maragna has taken out the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Adviser of the Year Award at the conclusion of the association's annual conference on the Gold Co...

Life/Risk

ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell told Money Management there was enough life policy churning in the financial advice industry for the regulator to be concerned about the issu...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC is planning to release further information which would complement consultation papers regarding issues such as recommending products outside of an APL, fee disclosur...

Financial planning

Advisers are returning to the relationship model to deal with the changes evolving out of FOFA....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 1 week ago

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. ...

4 weeks 1 day ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 4 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks ago