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The FPA Board has re-stated its belief that commission payments to advisers on the sale of insurance products should continue, saying a shift to fee-for-service in this a...
Financial planning
Professional Investment Services (PIS) is seeking to buy its advisers' shares in subsidiary funds management business Ventura Investment Management in an effort to remove...
Financial planning
Matrix Planning Solutions has reinforced its national growth strategy with the appointment of a new South Australian practice....
Financial planning
Standardisation is not necessarily the panacea for all the superannuation industry’s administration woes and, if implemented rashly, it could leave millions of Australian...
Financial planning
Tower Australia argues there is a place for paying commissions related to insurance and superannuation....
Financial planning
Adviser-owned dealer group Matrix Planning Solutions has argued it's time for the FPA and the AFA to become one entity....
Financial planning
The latest Manpower data reveals that hiring intentions are improving in the financial services sector, but it remains a balancing act for some....
Editorial
In the second part of his article explaining the complications surrounding insurance policy start dates, Col Fullagar explains how advisers and clients can avoid some com...
Editorial
As the debate about life insurance in superannuation continues to create divisions in the industry, Tower's Geoff Black explains the importance of maintaining the status ...
Life/Risk
An insurance representative who failed to bank client money in a trust account has found himself banned for 10 years....
Financial planning
Australian delays in adopting regulations currently in place in the UK, which are facilitating a shift from insurance to a managed investment focus, will have a high cost...
Financial planning
AXA Australia has followed AIA Australia's lead by introducing blended premium options for a number of its life insurance products....
Financial planning
Research commissioned by Lifewise has illustrated the impact of underinsurance on both families and government expenditure....
Financial planning
AIG has sold its Asia Pacific life insurance business, AIA, to Prudential....
Financial planning
The latest Dexx&r data points to the strong growth in the risk market over the closing months of last year and to the dominance that would be enjoyed by NAB/MLC if it gai...
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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...