COMMISSIONS

Life/Risk

Insurers including Zurich, Asteron and ING have called on Treasury to reveal some of its intentions concerning commissions for life insurance....

Life/Risk

Treasury officials confirm that insurance commissions are outside of scope of FOFA reforms....

Financial planning

Industry funds want common protocols for reporting investment returns....

Financial planning

Securitor’s Jason Gapps has urged financial planners to make up the shortfall of data about their practices before switching to fee-for-service, and not to “h...

Financial planning

Industry funds push virtue of intra-fund advice over “limousine service” full advice model....

Editorial

There is a broad attack on commissions in financial services. Robert Keavney considers whether the risk advice industry can survive it, and whether it should survive it....

Financial planning

Industry superannuation funds have signalled they will be continuing their long running campaign against financial planning commissions with Industry Funds Management cha...

Financial planning

The dealer group has added 15 new offices in the past financial year, according to managing director Darren Steinhardt....

Editorial

Tim Browne explains why CommInsure opposes a ban on commissions....

Financial planning

CommInsure has moved onto the front foot declaring that commissions should remain an option in insurance....

Financial planning

It’s logical that the financial planning sector would seek better accountability from product providers and researchers....

Financial planning

NAB claims its position on fees and commissions has seen businesses attracted to the NAB/MLC brands....

Financial planning

The Government's election policy embrace of MySuper has gained qualified industry endorsement, with warnings to end union/industry fund dominance of default super....

Financial planning

Several industry fund executives have acknowledged the industry fund's war on commissions has caused collateral damage to financial advice and hurt the ability of super f...

Financial planning

The possibility of standardised commissions has emerged as an option as major insurers have urged the Federal Government to act cautiously and consult widely on the Coope...

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