Synchron director Don Trapnell has called the FSC's proposed adviser remuneration model anti-competitive....

As financial advisers seek new ways to save time on their processing needs, AIA Australia has enhanced its online quoting and application solution in order to meet a grow...

Challenger’s Liquid Lifetime annuity provides a guaranteed income for life, the ability to keep pace with inflation, the potential to increase Age Pension benefits, and i...

In the wake of the Financial Services Council's release of its Life Insurance Framework, Money Management recently joined with the Association of Financial Advisers to br...

New research undertaken by CommInsure has reinforced the long-term implications of the Government's remuneration restrictions around the sale of life/risk insurance withi...

The Government has opted for only limited impacts on superannuation in its MYEFO approach, but has increased the SMSF levy....

When it comes to income protection, clients’ individual circumstances will dictate whether that cover is held inside or outside of superannuation. TAL’s David Glen weighs...

CommInsure’s Jeffrey Scott explains the value of partial payment insurance benefits, which have evolved significantly since their introduction 20 years ago....

Australian-based financial services software provider Bravura has this week been named as one of only two Australian companies among the world’s top 100 technology vendor...

The number of disputes relating to investments taken to FOS in the 2011-12 financial year dropped by 13 per cent on the previous year....

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has claimed that tricky drafting of the legislation delivering MySuper has effectively infringed the property and income right...

Col Fullagar gains insight into a client's duty of disclosure to an insurance company by studying a number of court disputes on the matter....

NRMA Insurance has pushed into the life insurance market under an alliance agreement with TAL....

On all the available evidence, the financial services industry is well on its way to finding a remuneration formula capable of meeting both the Government's requirements ...