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The former chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Alan Cameron has been appointed to head up a Federal Government review of the Insurance Contr...
Financial planning
The Norwich Union owned Navigator platform is set to incorporate straight through processing (STP) throughout its operations, to the benefit of the 3,500 financial advise...
Financial planning
Some financial planners are moving into risk insurance, an area historically occupied by life agents. Craig Phillips looks at some of the drawbacks of such a move....
Financial planning
Risk insurance has been on the ropes for some time but it is far from down and out. In fact many in the game would contend the market must improve as it has no other opti...
People & Products
Morningstar has finally appointed a head of research for its Australian business after nine months of searching for an appropriate candidate following the sacking of form...
Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has reacted to industry criticism of the findings of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services ...
Life/Risk
Software and information supplier Investment Data Technologies (IDT) will now offer general insurance research, quotation and electronic policy fulfilment capabilities as...
Financial planning
The Australian Investors’ Association (AIA) and Adviser Ratings August survey of investor and adviser sentiment has flagged a positive shift in mood regarding the Austral...
Financial planning
The consensus of thought on the current crisis of adviser credibility in financial planning seems to be “sit tight and ride out the storm”. But is it enough? Keith Peel r...
Financial planning
Morningstar will offer its proprietary Select Equity research on US stocks in the Australian market, allowing funds managers to test their in-house stock rankings and adv...
Life/Risk
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have hit out at comments by the Australian Consumers’ Association (ACA) financial services senior policy officer Catherine Wol...
Financial planning
Recent legislation is set to revamp the South African financial planning industry. Craig Phillips reports....
Financial planning
InvestorWeb Research has named Advance Funds Management its top rated six star manager for Australian equities....
Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has finally settled on a professional designation for its members, registering the Authorised Financial Adviser Australia (AFA...
Financial planning
Investment Data Technologies (IDT) has constructed a new free tool for financial advisers to assist them in choosing the optimum software for their businesses rather than...
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...