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Stripping commissions from the cost of financial products could result in falls of up to 50 per cent in their cost to clients, according to David Price, managing director...
People & Products
Aviva has appointed five fund managers to the separately managed account facility it will launch on its Navigator platform in September....
Editorial
The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data has revealed the degree to which life insurers have been hit by the global financial crisis....
Life/Risk
Despite recent headway made in reducing the underinsurance problem, too many Australians are still too exposed to risk....
Financial planning
American International Group has handed stakes in two key overseas units to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in a move to improve its liquidity position....
Life/Risk
Aussie research shows 70 per cent of Australian families face financial ruin with death of provider....
Financial planning
The decision to scrap the name 'Suncorp Wealth Management' will not see any dilution to the strategic role of its asset management and super and investment businesses, ac...
Funds management
The National Australia Bank has emerged as the winner in the bid for Aviva Australia's investment and insurance operations....
Life/Risk
Forty-five per cent of Australians don't believe they need additional insurance cover despite crisis....
Life/Risk
The Association of Financial Advisers has welcomed the exclusion of insurance from the Investment and Financial Services Association's new superannuation charter....
Financial planning
The Financial Ombudsman Service appears set to be able to accept complaints by consumers against financial advisers up to a value of $500,000 from next year....
Life/Risk
AIG Life attempts to bridge insurance education gap with a new online insurance education centre....
Editorial
Tower Australia Group has reported a 12 per cent decline in net profit but prefers to point to the positives contained in its underlying profit result....
Life/Risk
Growth in the life market is more than a trend, it is being driven by demand, writes Jim Minto....
Financial planning
Two major life insurers have expressed concerns over proposed Federal Government legislation that gives extensive additional powers to the Australian Prudential Regulatio...
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...