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Financial planning

Will changes to default superannuation arrangements combine with changes to income streams serve to squeeze many advisers out of the superannuation market?...

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Life/Risk

The financial planning industry’s two major member associations have confirmed that they will be taking a joint approach to the regulator’s life insurance review, with re...

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Policy & Regulation

When the new assistant minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Jane Hume is sworn in tomorrow she will face some significant challenges ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers have formed a joint taskforce to help guide the future of life/risk commissions....

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Superannuation

A regulatory framework created over 20 ago poses barriers to companies launching new retirement income products, despite Australians fearing running out of money in retir...

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Life/Risk

The attitude of politicians from both the major parties has made clear that life/risk advisers will have to fight hard to retain commission-based remuneration beyond the ...

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Editorial

The chief executive of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), Dante De Gori is absolutely right to urge the major parties against turning the final recommendations of ...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has claimed the Royal Commission failed to hit what it was aiming at and, instead, has impacted small financial advisers and mortgag...

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Life/Risk

Risk-focused financial planning group, Synchron has signalled its intention to lobby the Government for the retention of life/risk commissions beyond the 2022 Life Insura...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled it will not be pressing to ban life/risk commissions at least until after it has reviewed the effective...

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Life/Risk

The commencement of the Life Insurance Framework has put increased pressure on advisers to re-evaluate cost structures and improve practice efficiency....

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Financial planning

New survey data suggests life insurance industry executives fear the Life Insurance Framework will act as a disincentive to university graduates considering becoming life...

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Editorial

The recent release of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry report into the Life Insurance industry makes clear that planners h...

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Financial planning

Publicly-listed insurer ClearView has unveiled the first of a series of enhancements aimed at helping risk advisers deal with the new Life Insurance Framework commercial ...

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Life/Risk

AMP has launched a new video series and updated diagnostic tools for its Life Insurance Framework resource hub....

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