PRODUCT
Policy & Regulation
In a last legislative act by the current Parliament, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been handed its product intervention powers....
People & Products
Brian Benari will retire as chief executive of Challenger and be replaced by Richard Howes....
People & Products
TAL has launched its new digital Adviser Centre platform to better support its adviser partners in their interactions with customers. ...
People & Products
Stone & Chalk has appointed a new chairman and suite of new board members as it phases out of start-up and into scale-up....
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has welcomed the fact that financial advice and how it is delivered has been excluded from draft legislation handing the Australi...
People & Products
ANZ has implemented OnePath technology to enhance claims processes, underwriting and trustee portals. ...
People & Products
The latest version of Optimo Financial’s Pathfinder paraplanning software includes SMSF modelling in the beta testing stage....
People & Products
CommInsure has launched a new digital quote and application process for its members in partnership with UnderwriteMe Australia. ...
People & Products
AIA Australia has launched AIA Vitality’s second Australia’s Healthiest Workplace Survey, in a bid to promote employee health and wellbeing....
Financial planning
The discussion around CIPRs or the MyRetirement framework should focus on a ‘solution’ rather than ‘product’, while low-cost digital advice solutions should be a key com...
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Podcast
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...