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CommInsure beefs up retail advice leadership....
Financial planning
Risk-focused financial advice licensee Synchron has announced a partnership with online personal insurance portal MultiCover.com.au....
Editorial
Claims management fees can span an ocean of contentious, sometimes confusing issues. In this first of a two-part article, Col Fullagar examines some common case scenarios...
Editorial
Superannuation accounts for children carry the built-in asset of time as a valid long-term savings option. However, Sarina Raffo discovers establishing a fund for younger...
Life/Risk
ASIC has refused to grant licensing relief to an insurance ratings service targeting financial planners....
Tools & guides
David O'Connell explains the social security assessment of the principal home....
Financial planning
Platform provider Praemium has launched a new insurance offering through its SMARTwrap and V-Wrap platforms, signing TAL as the underlying insurer....
Financial planning
As a result of product reviews and adviser feedback, Macquarie Life has announced a range of updates to its FutureWise and Macquarie Life Active products....
Policy & Regulation
The Federal Opposition will be well placed to block the Government's proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms passing through the Parliament next year, accordin...
Policy & Regulation
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called on the Federal Government to reconsider its proposed ban on life insurance commissions within superannuation, saying i...
Financial planning
Synchron has lashed out at the Government, the industry funds and what it sees as the 'socialist' agenda behind the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms....
Financial planning
Initial integration plans have been completed that will bring AMP and AXA's products and platforms together, according to AMP....
Policy & Regulation
The original intent of the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms was to create enhanced transparency and better outcomes for investors, but this rhetoric...
Financial planning
A leading financial planning spokesperson has said that the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms will push wealth management groups into the old 'one-stop-shop' busi...
Financial planning
ING Group is aiming to complete a divestment of its global insurance and wealth management divisions by way of two major initial public offerings late this year or early ...
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Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...