CommInsure beefs up retail advice leadership....
Risk-focused financial advice licensee Synchron has announced a partnership with online personal insurance portal MultiCover.com.au....
Claims management fees can span an ocean of contentious, sometimes confusing issues. In this first of a two-part article, Col Fullagar examines some common case scenarios...
Superannuation accounts for children carry the built-in asset of time as a valid long-term savings option. However, Sarina Raffo discovers establishing a fund for younger...
ASIC has refused to grant licensing relief to an insurance ratings service targeting financial planners....
David O'Connell explains the social security assessment of the principal home....
Platform provider Praemium has launched a new insurance offering through its SMARTwrap and V-Wrap platforms, signing TAL as the underlying insurer....
As a result of product reviews and adviser feedback, Macquarie Life has announced a range of updates to its FutureWise and Macquarie Life Active products....
The Federal Opposition will be well placed to block the Government's proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms passing through the Parliament next year, accordin...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called on the Federal Government to reconsider its proposed ban on life insurance commissions within superannuation, saying i...
Synchron has lashed out at the Government, the industry funds and what it sees as the 'socialist' agenda behind the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms....
Initial integration plans have been completed that will bring AMP and AXA's products and platforms together, according to AMP....
The original intent of the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms was to create enhanced transparency and better outcomes for investors, but this rhetoric...
A leading financial planning spokesperson has said that the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms will push wealth management groups into the old 'one-stop-shop' busi...
ING Group is aiming to complete a divestment of its global insurance and wealth management divisions by way of two major initial public offerings late this year or early ...
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,...