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AMP has pulled out of its life insurance joint venture in India, stating that it was withdrawing to focus on its core operation in Australia and New Zealand....
Financial planning
Virgin Super will reveal no more details of its pricing or product range until the Richard Branson-owned venture launches, at the same time as choice-of-fund laws come in...
Life/Risk
Australians are underinsured to the staggering tune of almost $500,000, a new report has found....
Superannuation
Any adviser unclear over the extent to which super choice will raise the bar on their duty of care towards clients need only look to the recent experience of their collea...
Financial planning
Whether it was their claims of independence, the arguable benefits of their supposed lack of bias, or their fancy names, non-aligned financial planning practices both sma...
Top 100
Business overheads insurance remains one of the least understood and least familiar insurance concepts to consumers and advisers alike, but providers are continuing to st...
Life/Risk
Unlike the majority of term and total and permanent disability (TPD) products, Protection Life from Aviva is payable after three months rather than six. According to Tim ...
Financial planning
Leading actuarial firm, Rice Walker has entered into a joint venture with the Australian National University aimed at compiling a more comprehensive picture of Australia’...
Financial planning
Australia’s march toward having $1 trillion in managed funds continues, with $838.7 billion being amassed as at March 31....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has sent another strong signal that it plans to take a hands-on role to police the superannuation industry in the lea...
Financial planning
Today’s risk advisers are having a tough time replacing themselves. There are no hard figures to prove numbers are dwindling, but most in the industry accept there is a p...
Financial planning
This week Money Management welcomes industry veteran RAY GRIFFIN to its stable of regular columnists. A former FPA chairman and Money Management Financial Planner of the ...
Life/Risk
Obesity represents a potentially serious threat for the life and health insurance industry....
Financial planning
BT Financial Group’s horror years of the early twenty-first century continue to fade into memory, as the unit delivered a big increase in funds under administration and a...
Editorial
The introduction of choice has brought personal insurance to the fore. Jodi Murray and Carly O’Keefe discuss the pros and cons of going it alone....
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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...