LIFE INSURANCE

Financial planning

Godfrey Pembroke has been unable to provide details of how a shift towards fee for advice payments will be achieved....

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Life/Risk

High upfront insurance commissions result in a dramatic overselling of products to people who cannot afford it, according to former Money Management Financial Planner of ...

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Financial planning

Government legislation dealing with the tax arrangements for managed investments trusts is necessary to ensure the managed funds sector is run efficiently and responsibly...

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has sold the St Andrews insurance business to BOQ but retained the other wealth management elements....

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Editorial

Industry Super Network's spokesman David Whiteley has criticised the Financial Planning Association's position on commissions associated with the sale of life insurance....

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Financial planning

The introduction of modern awards at the beginning of this year means that employers must offer employees choice when it comes to superannuation funds. Mark Gleeson expla...

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Financial planning

MMC Contrarian will acquire Bupa Australia's life insurance and wealth management businesses, MBF Life and Clearview Retirement Solutions, for $195 million....

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Financial planning

ANZ will transition the wealth management and insurance businesses it acquired from ING to a new name and brand by the end of this year, ANZ's Australian chief executive,...

Life/Risk

Col Fullagar takes a look at compliance and administrative procedures and the way they can be effectively managed....

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Superannuation

Sarina Raffo takes a look at the recent trend towards insurance in superannuation and explains how changes to concessional contribution limits have affected client behavi...

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Financial planning

APRA has released a discussion paper that seeks to dramatically broaden its supervisory mandate to cover diverse financial conglomerates, which it considers are currently...

Life/Risk

ISN's David Whiteley argues the FPA's stance on insurance commissions is proof that the industry can’t self-regulate, with commissions leading to unnecessarily inflated i...

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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

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

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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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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