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Financial planning

Many financial advisers are avoiding structured products in a bid to maintain simplicity, transparency and liquidity in their clients' portfolios....

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Financial planning

Specialist lenders mortgage insurer Genworth has entered into a partnership with Lifeline to highlight the impacts of financial stress on families....

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Life/Risk

ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell told Money Management there was enough life policy churning in the financial advice industry for the regulator to be concerned about the issu...

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Financial planning

Finance sector jobs in Australia dropped 34 per cent in the third quarter compared to the previous year, according to eFinancialCareers....

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Editorial

ANZ has netted a $5.7 billion full-year profit, but its wealth management division has evidenced difficult market conditions....

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Life/Risk

New research undertaken by CommInsure has reinforced the long-term implications of the Government's remuneration restrictions around the sale of life/risk insurance withi...

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Superannuation

Specialist SMSF insurer Self Super enters into arrangements to enhance offerings on art and collectables....

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Financial planning

With major legislative change set to occur, the role software, technology and new media are playing in financial planning today is unprecedented....

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Life/Risk

When it comes to income protection, clients’ individual circumstances will dictate whether that cover is held inside or outside of superannuation. TAL’s David Glen weighs...

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Life/Risk

CommInsure’s Jeffrey Scott explains the value of partial payment insurance benefits, which have evolved significantly since their introduction 20 years ago....

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Life/Risk

A global insurance report points to Australia's regulatory compulsion around issues such as professional indemnity as a driver for growth....

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Financial planning

Major insurer AIA Group Limited has pointed to further growth prospects on the back of this week announcing the delivery of record value of new business of US$300 million...

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Life/Risk

Premium rates for life cover products sold by financial advisers fell by an average of 10 per cent across 11 leading insurance providers between December 2004 and June 20...

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Superannuation

SMSFs should be compelled to put some money into the country's infrastructure assets, according to chairman of retirement income at Challenger, Jeremy Cooper....

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Life/Risk

Col Fullagar gains insight into a client's duty of disclosure to an insurance company by studying a number of court disputes on the matter....

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