Challenger’s Liquid Lifetime annuity provides a guaranteed income for life, the ability to keep pace with inflation, the potential to increase Age Pension benefits, and i...
In the wake of the Financial Services Council's release of its Life Insurance Framework, Money Management recently joined with the Association of Financial Advisers to br...
New research undertaken by CommInsure has reinforced the long-term implications of the Government's remuneration restrictions around the sale of life/risk insurance withi...
The Government has opted for only limited impacts on superannuation in its MYEFO approach, but has increased the SMSF levy....
When it comes to income protection, clients’ individual circumstances will dictate whether that cover is held inside or outside of superannuation. TAL’s David Glen weighs...
CommInsure’s Jeffrey Scott explains the value of partial payment insurance benefits, which have evolved significantly since their introduction 20 years ago....
Australian-based financial services software provider Bravura has this week been named as one of only two Australian companies among the world’s top 100 technology vendor...
The number of disputes relating to investments taken to FOS in the 2011-12 financial year dropped by 13 per cent on the previous year....
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has claimed that tricky drafting of the legislation delivering MySuper has effectively infringed the property and income right...
Col Fullagar gains insight into a client's duty of disclosure to an insurance company by studying a number of court disputes on the matter....
NRMA Insurance has pushed into the life insurance market under an alliance agreement with TAL....
On all the available evidence, the financial services industry is well on its way to finding a remuneration formula capable of meeting both the Government's requirements ...
AMP has trumpeted the fact that its trauma offering has picked up an award from ratings house Canstar Cannex....
Australian investors may have built up a so-called "wall of cash" as they cling to safety in volatile times, but new research conducted by Wealth Insights suggests planne...
A Money Management/Association of Financial Advisers forum dealing with the Financial Services Council’s framework on life/risk remuneration uncovered strong feelings and...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...