FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Life/Risk

Life Insurer AIA Australia has signed with HUB24 to provide access to and management of its risk insurance products for financial planners via HUB24’s online platform. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC seeks industry input on a shift to higher knowledge and skills levels for planners. ...

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Accounting

Accountants accept TASA outcome, saying it is the ultimate outcome rather than the journey that matters. ...

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Financial planning

Legal advisory firm The Fold has moved to enhance the availability of its FOFA White Pages offering into an online product....

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Financial planning

The AFA has partnered with Kaplan Professional to provide formal and practical education to its members....

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Financial planning

BT’s Bryan Ashenden explains why the best interest duty is in everyone’s best interests....

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Editorial

The Federal Government and ASIC insist that life/risk churn is real and that it is a serious issue. There exist many advisers in the life/risk space who believe ASIC and ...

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Financial planning

The majority report of the PJC clears the way for TASA legislation with the only concession being a transition period....

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Financial planning

Praemium has entered the cloud-based sphere with a new customer relationship management solution for financial advisers....

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Financial planning

The financial planning industry is not expecting a bipartisan report from the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) reviewing the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA) legislation...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers need to be aware of the limitations of the ratings provided by ratings houses, according to specialist financial services lawyer Peter Townsend....

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Editorial

The Future of Financial Advice regime will become law from 1 July, but as the Financial Services Council’s Cecilia Storniolo points out, many questions vital to the finan...

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Financial planning

Lonsec and Milliman announce joint venture to provide a service based on the needs of retirees....

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Editorial

As advisers become increasingly time-poor, multi-manager funds seem to have emerged as an ‘all-in-one’ solution they need for their clients. But as Benjamin Levy reports,...

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Life/Risk

AFA insists any examination of churn and self-regulation must look beyond the adviser channel....

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