RISK ADVISERS

Financial planning

Less than 1 per cent of total advisers are ‘pure risk’ advisers as commission changes and premium increases drive them out of the profession or into new advice careers, s...

Life/Risk

Despite specialist risk advisers unable to currently grow their businesses, the need for life insurance is emphatic and new advice models will help their future, accordin...

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Financial planning

Risk advisers who don’t want to see through the education requirements could stay in the industry via a consultancy network....

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Financial planning

Risk specialists, Australian Financial Risk Management have hit back at plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn suggesting it has criticised risks advisers on the basis of s...

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Financial planning

Risk advisers need to explain why consumers can be worse off taking advised insurance when compared to those taking group insurance within superannuation, according to pl...

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Policy & Regulation

Mortgage brokers believe the embedding of commission clawbacks in legislation will see them working for nothing....

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Financial planning

Publicly-listed insurer ClearView has unveiled the first of a series of enhancements aimed at helping risk advisers deal with the new Life Insurance Framework commercial ...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed its plan to ban advisers it regards as being high risk and having ongoing compliance issues....

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Financial planning

Risk advisers are being urged to become involved in claims management as clients were turning to solicitors for support....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 1 week ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

4 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

6 months 2 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

1 week 3 days ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

3 days 11 hours ago

ASIC has issued a warning to financial advisers to ensure they are complying with client consent requirements when entering into ongoing fee arrangements....

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