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Asgard will offer a 28 per cent reduction in risk premium rates for larger employer groups while raising premiums for some personal insurance products by up to 40 per cen...
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Dealers groups are now incorporating research from a range of providers. Lucia Appleby reports....
Financial planning
Freya Purnell looks at the effect of different advice offerings on the bottom line....
Financial planning
A breakaway dealer group has achieved success through hands-on adviser involvement. Kate Kachor reports....
Financial planning
ANZ Financial Planning is rolling a further 10 to 20 per cent of its advisers over to a fee for service remuneration model adding to the initial 10 per cent who made the ...
Financial planning
Associated Planners has approached a number of life insurance providers with a package deal in which the dealer group is seeking rewards for advisers who generate lower c...
Financial planning
Institutionally-owned financial planning groups still dominate the list of fastest growing dealer groups, taking eight out of the top 10 places on the list. But while the...
Financial planning
Whether you are running a business or a basketball team – a top performance requires a quality coach, writes BRUCE BIRCHALL....
Financial planning
The Sealcorp-owned advisory group Securitor will extend its services into estate planning and enhance the research it offers to advisers in the area of alternative invest...
People & Products
ING-owned RetireInvest continues to bolster its ranks with the appointment of a new national practice development manager to assist the franchise’s advisers in growing an...
People & Products
Tower has announced Bridges Financial Services managing director David Bleakley will step down and leave the group early in the new year after three years at the helm of ...
Financial planning
Associated Planners Financial Services (APFS) has dropped AXA life insurance from its list of recommended insurers after the two groups failed to reach an understanding o...
Financial planning
A recent survey has shown that while the majority of investors turn to professionals for advice beyond publicly available information they may not be getting what they pa...
Financial planning
The Victorian based Australian Financial Services (AFS) dealer group is making a considered push to set up a master trust exclusively for risk insurance products....
Financial planning
ING’s dealer group Tandem and RetireInvest have been thrown into disarray after all staff involved in management, compliance and services functions have been told they wi...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...