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The ownership of financial planners by product manufacturers creates one of the main barriers to improving the quality of advice in Australia, according to ASIC....
People & Products
ClearView has appointed Tony Smith state manager of Queensland and Tony Schiavello state manager of Victoria and Tasmania to take charge of promoting the company's life a...
Editorial
Can you imagine a margin loan without a margin call? Janine Mace finds the sector has been busy innovating....
Editorial
Direct insurance is on the rise. Peter Smith discusses the ways in which financial advisers can adapt and stay relevant....
Editorial
How do you keep a clear picture when the lines of life insurance are blurred? Damien Mu predicts that the distinctions that life insurance companies draw between group an...
Policy & Regulation
The FPA's code of conduct will not be the only approach considered by ASIC, with the Association of Financial Advisers's principles of practice also ready for implementat...
Policy & Regulation
Strongly divergent views have emerged from Australia's major financial planning organisations in the wake of the FOFA bills, while the Opposition has made a policy commit...
Life/Risk
The Financial Services Council has announced it will consult with the industry on a policy to address the practice of churning in life insurance....
Financial planning
ANZ-owned dealer group Financial Services Partners is looking to attract new advisers to its licence with a range of services under the new 'FSP DNA' brand....
Policy & Regulation
FOFA bills containing key opt-in amendments pass House of Representatives....
Policy & Regulation
The Association of Financial Advisers urges Bill Shorten to become involved in FOFA discussion rather than allowing Industry Super Network to act as an intermediary....
Policy & Regulation
Market neutral funds have been the best performing sector over the past five years, but high management fees are putting Australian investors off, according to research h...
Financial planning
Specialist financial services iApp developer Omnium has unveiled what it says is the first iPhone application for risk insurance, branded for UK dealer group Openwork....
Financial planning
A new service has been launched aimed at linking dealer groups with financial advice businesses....
Policy & Regulation
Those who argue opt-in is unnecessary fail to understand the nature of proposed FOFA reforms, according to Sydney University academic Joanna Bird....
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...