Mortgage aggregator Vow Financial, which has recently entered the financial planning space, will also start offering insurance services to its clients through its newly f...
FOFA worries drag down practice valuations and share prices as industry criticisms increase. The latest digital edition of Money Management is now online....
The upcoming FOFA reforms will see the removal of commissions on life risk products in super. Money Management conducted a roundtable discussion with leading industry pla...
Graeme Colley explains how the streamlining of deductions for the cost of permanent disability insurance through superannuation provides greater clarity around taxation i...
The Federal Government's decision to ban commissions on all life and risk products within superannuation will only serve to add another layer of complexity and confusion,...
Australia's life insurance problem has reduced significantly over the last six years, but levels of insurance are still half of what they should be, according to a new su...
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten has told financial planners they haven't managed to convince him the introduction of a two-year opt-in requirement would "beat th...
Queensland firm The Rock Building Society has sold its insurance businesses to Regional Insurance Brokers....
Jim Minto reflects on the recent delisting of Tower Australia, and what it will mean for the company....
Tim Browne shares his views and presents some case histories as he surveys the much-debated topic of banning commissions for risk insurance within superannuation. ...
Former Mercer senior manager, Angie Mastrippolito, has been recruited by Professional Financial Services (PFS) as its principal....
Employers in the finance, insurance and real estate sectors have indicated they will extend their consistent hiring into the next quarter, according to the Manpower Emplo...
Professional Investment Services (PIS) has reinforced its risk team with the appointment of Peter Nielsen, who will have the geographic responsibility for the dealer grou...
Finance and accounting practitioners have fared well in the latest round of salary surveys, receiving one of the highest pay increases across the board at 4.1 per cent....
Financial advisers and the life insurance industry have failed in communicating the value of life cover to the majority of Australians and potential clients, new research...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...