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Financial planning

Financial advisers may emerge as one of the few winners from the COVID-19 pandemic but they will have to play their cards right, according to new research from KPMG....

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Life/Risk

New data analysed by KPMG has confirmed insurers have paid out double the number of disability claims for policies sold through financial advisers....

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Policy & Regulation

The Tax Practitioners Board has terminated the registration of former KPMG partner, Christopher Allenby....

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Financial planning

New analysis from KPMG has confirmed the environment is ripe for industry superannuation funds to fill the advice gap left by the exit of the major banks but there is lit...

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People & Products

Phil Creswell has been appointed head of professional standards by Count Financial....

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People & Products

Hoa Bui has been appointed president of the Actuaries Institute for 2020....

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Life/Risk

The Actuaries Institute has produced a report to underpin its call for a radical overhaul of disability income insurance in Australia which it claims has become highly un...

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Superannuation

While the superannuation system is not designed to discriminate against women, it exacerbates the inequality, according to KPMG....

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Life/Risk

Breast cancer was the most common life insurance cancer claim, double the rate of prostate cancer which was the second most common, according to data....

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Life/Risk

Life insurers are struggling to sustain profitability in the face of challenging markets and tighter regulation with the Life Insurance Framework also playing a part....

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Superannuation

Former Colonial First State executive director, Linda Elkins may have left the company and become a partner at KPMG but she has been named in a class action filing....

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People & Products

M&A veteran Jeremy Larkin has been appointed to lead IFM’s initiative into large-scale private equity investments....

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Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council has released ground-breaking new data revealing the impact of mental health on TPD claims....

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People & Products

The Australian-founded, London-based investment and corporate advisory group has appointed Michael Divens as chief financial officer....

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People & Products

Daniel Knoll has been appointed by KPMG to as national industry leader for financial services after formerly leading the company’s financial services management consultin...

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