MICHAEL PILLEMER

Features

The industry watchdog has been forced to step in and mandate changes to disability income insurance in a move designed to protect consumers, writes Nina Hendy. ...

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Expert Analysis

Demutualisation of insurers has led to a destruction of value, writes Michael Pillemer, so remutualising could be a valid idea to rebuild consumer trust....

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Expert Analysis

Providing financial advice has managed to stand the test of time, writes Michael Pillemer, despite the rollercoaster of changes which have affected the industry in recent...

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Life/Risk

As the Australian Securities and Investments Commission kicks off its review of the Life Insurance Framework a new report has defended the value of life/risk commissions....

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Life/Risk

New research has confirmed what most life/risk advisers already knew – that front-loading discounts on life/risk products to buy market share ultimately works against the...

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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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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

1 month ago

Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

1 month ago

Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

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Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...

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Specialist wealth platform provider Mason Stevens has become the latest target of an acquisition as it enters a binding agreement with a leading Sydney-based private equi...

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