With the Government having released its FOFA proposals, Rick Cosier writes that financial planners have fallen victim to a range of blatant misconceptions that need to be...
A survey of life risk advisers has confirmed the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes to commissions within superannuation will have a significant impac...
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has launched its Female Excellence in Advice award, which the association said would address gender inequity within the indust...
The recent natural disasters have highlighted the importance of insurance but, as Janine Mace discovers, the industry has a lot to do to tackle the underinsurance issue....
Janine Mace examines the risk insurance industry and discovers a buoyant market set for continued growth....
Westpac has posted a solid six-month performance with wealth management making a key contribution....
Mortgage aggregator Vow Financial has entered the financial services sector to help brokers "quarantine" their clients against financial planners, according to chief exec...
ANZ looks to wealth management as part of its growth strategy after recording a solid first half....
Tower chief executive Jim Minto urges industry to be proactive in developing a model acceptable to Government....
The Government has been warned of both cost and tax implications from banning all risk commissions within superannuation....
Amid the heated debate about standard definitions for general insurance, Tim Browne asks whether the same approach should be used in the life insurance arena....
The Federal Government’s Future of Financial Advice reforms have banned all risk commissions in super and volume rebates at the same time as imposing a two-year opt-in on...
New AFA research has confirmed FOFA risks escalating Australia's underinsurance problems....
Col Fullagar examines what advisers need to know when dealing with clients in different age groups....
Simon Stanton explains why financial planners should not leave themselves out of the insurance claim process....
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,...