LIFE INSURANCE
Financial planning
APRA and ASIC will jointly release an industry best practice guide on unit pricing within the next three weeks....
Financial planning
Mothers need to lift their level of life insurance cover, but most believe it is too expensive to do so, according to research conducted by TNS Australia on behalf of IFS...
Editorial
A booming Australian share market and strong growth in financial planning and wealth management products have resulted in a welcome boost to the bottom line of AXA Asia P...
Financial planning
Just a few minutes ago, I finished speaking by phone with the son of a long-standing client. Our client’s son is 23 years of age and is in his first job, having completed...
Financial planning
There has been much discussion about the lack of life insurance being taken out by the Australian public. But this pales into almost insignificance when the focus is on r...
Financial planning
The launch of the Generic Personal Statement (GPS) for risk advisers and their clients has generated some debate, which I think warrants some commentary....
Financial planning
Creating another four example statements of advice, including one with a “real fair dinkum super switch”, will be among the corporate regulator’s chief tasks in the year ...
Policy & Regulation
A Liberal party backbencher has stepped up the pressure on the Federal Government over super reform, making a speech to parliament calling for tax cuts to encourage peopl...
Financial planning
Consumers will soon be able to choose their own super fund, but that doesn’t mean they should let their life insurance run through to the keeper. Ross Kelly reports....
Life/Risk
Could compulsory life insurance be the answer to the chronic level of underinsurance in Australia? Ross Kelly reports....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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...