Instead of targeting commissions for life insurance products, policy reforms should revisit conflicted remuneration, which hasn’t been properly handled by FOFA, Chan & Na...
Dimitri Diamantes canvasses how the Government should approach buy-sell in super and how the industry may respond....
Opposition to consider reworked FOFA policy for next election as industry reports confirm need to oppose amendments....
The new AFA president said it would not match resources with anti-advice groups but focus on member and consumer engagement....
Banning upfront commissions on insurance products is not the answer to weeding out unscrupulous advisers, according to The Boutique Financial Planning Principals’ Group (...
Life insurance manufacturers need to take responsibility for last week’s ASIC report into life insurance and supply products that meet consumer needs and not research hou...
AFA and FSC form working body while FPA calls for insurance providers to review their offerings...
AdviserLogic leverages Omnium to deliver RiskLogic upgrade....
More than a third of life insurance advice has not been appropriate according to a review conducted by ASIC....
Bravura creates key strategy position and extends role of Darren Stevens....
Col Fullagar explores the seldom-mentioned stressors associated with the claims process and their potential fallout....
Planning and accounting indsutry stalwart, Robert MC Brown, argues that hourly rates and flat/fixed fees are the answer for a planning industry mired in conflicted remune...
With regulatory change shining a spotlight on fees, platform providers are under increased pressure to justify their value. Perhaps innovation is the key to retaining adv...
ClearView adds new elements to its life advice product suite....
Current market conditions will allow financial planners to sell their businesses at high prices even if not full transitioned to a fee for service model....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....