INSURANCE

Life/Risk

The FPA Board has re-stated its belief that commission payments to advisers on the sale of insurance products should continue, saying a shift to fee-for-service in this a...

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Financial planning

Professional Investment Services (PIS) is seeking to buy its advisers' shares in subsidiary funds management business Ventura Investment Management in an effort to remove...

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Financial planning

Matrix Planning Solutions has reinforced its national growth strategy with the appointment of a new South Australian practice....

Financial planning

Standardisation is not necessarily the panacea for all the superannuation industry’s administration woes and, if implemented rashly, it could leave millions of Australian...

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Financial planning

Tower Australia argues there is a place for paying commissions related to insurance and superannuation....

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Financial planning

Adviser-owned dealer group Matrix Planning Solutions has argued it's time for the FPA and the AFA to become one entity....

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Financial planning

The latest Manpower data reveals that hiring intentions are improving in the financial services sector, but it remains a balancing act for some....

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Editorial

In the second part of his article explaining the complications surrounding insurance policy start dates, Col Fullagar explains how advisers and clients can avoid some com...

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Editorial

As the debate about life insurance in superannuation continues to create divisions in the industry, Tower's Geoff Black explains the importance of maintaining the status ...

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Life/Risk

An insurance representative who failed to bank client money in a trust account has found himself banned for 10 years....

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Financial planning

Australian delays in adopting regulations currently in place in the UK, which are facilitating a shift from insurance to a managed investment focus, will have a high cost...

Financial planning

AXA Australia has followed AIA Australia's lead by introducing blended premium options for a number of its life insurance products....

Financial planning

Research commissioned by Lifewise has illustrated the impact of underinsurance on both families and government expenditure....

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Financial planning

AIG has sold its Asia Pacific life insurance business, AIA, to Prudential....

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Financial planning

The latest Dexx&r data points to the strong growth in the risk market over the closing months of last year and to the dominance that would be enjoyed by NAB/MLC if it gai...

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