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CommInsure has appointed United Healthcare Group (UHG) to handle its medical requirements, including assisting advisers, for the next four years....
Superannuation
The vast majority of industry superannuation fund members who receive external financial advice move their money into a retail fund or an SMSF, according to Deloitte part...
Editorial
The industry superannuation funds advertising campaign reached such a level in September and early October that it prompted the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and t...
Editorial
It is now more than six years' since the industry superannuation funds launched their 'compare the pair' advertising campaign and, as Mike Taylor reports, it appears to h...
Policy & Regulation
The Financial Planning Association has accused the Federal Government of making further amendments to the draft Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation without cond...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has questioned the legitimacy of a television advertising blitz by industry superannu...
Superannuation
The Financial Ombudsman Service will be effectively operating in the dark once the FOFA reforms are introduced, according to Argyle Lawyers principal Peter Bobbin. The cl...
Editorial
Prime Minister Julia Gillard recently revealed the degree to which the Government viewed the Industry Super Network as not only a close political ally but also a key sour...
Editorial
History suggests the advantages flowing to industry superannuation funds from the Government’s Future of Financial Advice changes may ultimately prove to be a political l...
Policy & Regulation
Detail is still missing from recently announced draft Future of Financial Advice reforms, and the 2012 implementation dates for some changes are too soon for industry par...
Financial planning
Key differences between group and retail risk insurance arrangements make it imperative that financial planners sell not only the value of their initial advice but the im...
Editorial
Col Fullagar takes a look at two income protection policies - one is offered by an industry superannuation fund, while the other comes from a retail fund. While the premi...
Editorial
The Government has finally delivered the details of its Stronger Super package but, as Mike Taylor writes, those hoping for certainty may be waiting a very long time....
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council has dismissed ISN research disparaging retail superannuation funds as flawed and misleading....
Superannuation
Investec banking specialist Gareth Bird said the demand for more cash products has led the company to expand its cash investment options for retail investors....
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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...