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Financial planning

Australia needs a “risk champion” to encourage younger people to enter into the risk industry, according to MetLife senior vice-president Joe Jordan....

Life/Risk

The Association of Financial Advisers has launched a year-long training program to try to attract younger risk advisers to the profession....

Financial planning

Consumers will soon be able to choose their own super fund, but that doesn’t mean they should let their life insurance run through to the keeper. Ross Kelly reports....

Life/Risk

Could compulsory life insurance be the answer to the chronic level of underinsurance in Australia? Ross Kelly reports....

Life/Risk

The corporate regulator has released a consultation paper detailing proposals to allow general insurers to operate without a licence and in a separate initiative, has pro...

Life/Risk

Australians are underinsured to the staggering tune of almost $500,000, a new report has found....

Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has said it wants to encourage whistle-blowing in the financial services sector and expects the institutions it administers...

Editorial

Proceeds from the sale of the Australian arm of its wealth management business, a benevolent market climate and the completion of a successful two year recovery strategy ...

Life/Risk

The need for insurance has never been greater, with personal debt at historically high levels. Credit continues to grow at an annualised rate of around 13 per cent, while...

Financial planning

Findings recently released by AXA Australia and Dexx&r into the level of under-insurance in Australia reveal that Australian women are chronically under-insured....

Financial planning

Tower’s decision to opt for a float of its wealth management arm instead of a trade sale was driven in part by a legacy agreement between its dealer group, Bridges Financ...

Financial planning

The overwhelming majority of Australian companies - including financial planning businesses - do not have plans in place to deal with a major disruption to their operatio...

Financial planning

NZ-based general and life insurance firm Tower will seek to grow by acquisition using a $130 million cash payment it will receive next year from the sale of its wealth ma...

Financial planning

Australia’s prudential regulator is in a stronger position to monitor the banking, general insurance and superannuation industries thanks to receiving a significant boost...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 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 ...

2 months 1 week ago

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

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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