LIFE INSURANCE

Financial planning

Instead of targeting commissions for life insurance products, policy reforms should revisit conflicted remuneration, which hasn’t been properly handled by FOFA, Chan & Na...

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Superannuation

Dimitri Diamantes canvasses how the Government should approach buy-sell in super and how the industry may respond....

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Policy & Regulation

Opposition to consider reworked FOFA policy for next election as industry reports confirm need to oppose amendments....

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Financial planning

The new AFA president said it would not match resources with anti-advice groups but focus on member and consumer engagement....

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Financial planning

Banning upfront commissions on insurance products is not the answer to weeding out unscrupulous advisers, according to The Boutique Financial Planning Principals’ Group (...

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Life/Risk

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...

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Life/Risk

AFA and FSC form working body while FPA calls for insurance providers to review their offerings...

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Financial planning

AdviserLogic leverages Omnium to deliver RiskLogic upgrade....

Life/Risk

More than a third of life insurance advice has not been appropriate according to a review conducted by ASIC....

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Financial planning

Bravura creates key strategy position and extends role of Darren Stevens....

Life/Risk

Col Fullagar explores the seldom-mentioned stressors associated with the claims process and their potential fallout....

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Financial planning

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...

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Editorial

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...

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Financial planning

ClearView adds new elements to its life advice product suite....

Financial planning

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....

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