ADVISERS

Life/Risk

AMP and the Black Dog Institute have designed a program to provide its staff and advisers the tools to manage difficult and challenging conversations about mental health....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission deputy chairman, Peter Kell has accused insurers, advisers and others in the life/risk industry of blame-shifting and...

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Financial planning

Accountants have helped drive a 51 per cent increase in the number of new advisers listed on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Financial Adviser Regist...

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Financial planning

Advisers need to do more in educating clients on responsible investing as one-in-five people do not know where their super is invested in and believe their super is inve...

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Financial planning

Delegates to Money Management’s Fintech Platforms and Wraps Conference have nominated restoring trust in financial planners as an industry priority....

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People & Products

Samuel Fenning has joined his brother Matthew as a director of Fortnum-licensed Fortuity Strategic Advisors....

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds which offer post-retirement products will be inherently conflicted with respect to member best interests and should not be afforded a legislative car...

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Financial planning

ANZ Wealth has launched a pre-assessment tool aimed to help advisers improve client experience....

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Financial planning

Advisers need to express and demonstrate the long-term benefits of paying a higher fee in return for excess returns as strong market conditions are not going to stay the...

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Financial planning

Financial planners and accountants were hamstrung by the fact that software solutions for the two areas worked in silos and could only be integrated manually by advisers....

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Financial planning

Tax Practitioners Board chair, Ian Taylor has called on financial advisers to complete the transitional option registration before 30 June....

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Financial planning

Centrepoint has launched a new online application portal to streamline the transition process for new advisers starting at the firm....

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Life/Risk

CommInsure has upgraded its underwriting offer with a tele-interview service to improve adviser productivity....

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Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission had fallen short in its review of claims-handling by not sufficiently consulting advisers and clients, according to I...

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People & Products

Former Future Fund boss, Mark Burgess has joined the HESTA board and will head the new investment committee....

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