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Life/Risk

Major investor GPG exits stake in NZ insurer....

Financial planning

Big insurer Aon has announced plans to extend its regional presence via the opening of three new offices. ...

Life/Risk

Licensees using PI insurance to stop free movement of advisers to competitors....

Financial planning

Money Management breaks new ground by recognising high achieving women in the financial services industry. ...

People & Products

Aon Risk Solutions (ARS) Australia has announced that Lambros Lambrou will replace long-serving chief executive Steve Nevett, effective January 2014....

Top 100

ANZ-owned insurer OnePath has been named the Money Management/DEXX&R Risk Company of the Year for the fourth consecutive year as part of the Adviser Choice Risk Awards. J...

Top 100

NGS Super’s death and total and permanent disability (TPD) product has taken out Money Management’s 2013 Adviser Choice Awards in the inaugural Term and TPD rider product...

Financial planning

With obtaining and maintaining professional indemnity insurance cover one of the key challenges confronting planners, Money Management and Lawyers Weekly have combined to...

Superannuation

A new analysis suggests recent legislative change will increase the scope for financial planners to work with accountants in the SMSF advice space. ...

Life/Risk

When clients are paid less than they expect, they tend to be as unforgiving as the sands of the Serbonian bog on those unwittingly caught in them – financial advisers – w...

Financial planning

New research released this week by life insurer, TAL, has valued the work of stay at home parents at more than $22 billion a year....

Superannuation

SMSF trustees have had another duty imposed on them by the Federal Government, but it appears some practitioners are taking a worryingly minimalist approach to meeting th...

Funds management

Pre-election national economy talk is adding to the growing level of pessimism surrounding household finances and savings, research suggests. ...

Life/Risk

Most people believe private health insurance will be sufficient if their child suffers an illness, which is why it is important for advisers to educate clients about the ...

Superannuation

Daniel Butler from DBA Lawyers lists pros and cons of auto-reversionary pensions. ...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 1 week ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

4 weeks 1 day ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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