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Life/Risk
Regulatory changes to overcome deficiencies in managed investments would be inappropriate for insurance brokers....
Editorial
Count Financial announces a 9.1 per cent decline in profit and slams the need for PI, arguing it is being penalised for the mistakes of other AFSL holders who shouldn't h...
Life/Risk
ING has upgraded its OneAnswer super offering with the addition of an online insurance tool....
Financial planning
Sustainability is the forgotten innovation in retail life insurance, writes Sean McCormack....
Superannuation
Government bonds, infrastructure bonds and CPI-linked bonds can underpin a long-term retirement product....
Life/Risk
One of the traditional strongholds of financial planners, insurance sales, may be under threat, with the intra-fund advice regime giving superannuation funds the power to...
Superannuation
Industry super funds offer superannuants many of the benefits of self-managed superannuation funds, without their downsides, according to Industry Funds Financial Plannin...
Financial planning
AXA's wealth management businesses continue to feel the impact of the global financial crisis, while its insurance businesses have reported positive inflows for the first...
Life/Risk
Failure of high profile companies testing guidelines to the limit; questions as to whether PI insurers will continue to provide insurance to planners....
Life/Risk
Life insurance risk market inflows have increased by 16.1 per cent to $7.6 billion for the 12 months to March 2009, according to researcher Plan for Life....
Financial planning
Macquarie's offshore expansion plans may be bolstered by the possible acquisition of a US asset management company with more than $120 billion in assets....
Financial planning
The FPA's submission to the PJC has called for tough credentialing before people can call themselves financial planners in a move aimed at further developing a profession...
Life/Risk
Will generate $315 million to reduce its $800 million debt; secures three-month extension on its loans....
Life/Risk
MLC named life insurance company of the year at the 2009 Australia and New Zealand insurance industry awards ahead of finalists AMP and CommInsure....
Financial planning
Some industry commentators are giving independent platform provider Powerwrap scant chance of success with the scheduled launch of its consolidated wrap offering this mon...
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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...