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Life/Risk
APRA June quarter life insurance data has laid bare the problems impacting the major insurers....
Financial planning
An Investment Trends survey conducted two months before FOFA came into effect revealed only 23 per cent of financial planners felt ready....
Superannuation
Average SMSF contributions were down in the last financial year, according to a survey conducted by Multiport. ...
Superannuation
ASFA’s latest data shows increasing costs in some areas have been offset by cheaper costs in other areas, leading to a modest increase in the cost of funding retirement. ...
Superannuation
Median growth fund returns 19.3 per cent for one year and 6.8 per cent over 10 years....
Funds management
Over the 30 years to 30 June 2013, major asset class indices have returned between 8.2 per cent and 11.6 per cent per annum, led by Australian shares, Vanguard’s 2013 Ind...
Life/Risk
A lack of rehabilitation and early intervention programs could be negatively impacting the productivity of Australian businesses, a new report by AIA has claimed. ...
Financial planning
Non-aligned mortgage brokers now provide around 23 per cent of all home loans to borrowers, according to the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA)....
Funds management
Following on from poor performance in 2011, emerging markets (EM) equities delivered strong returns over the 2012 calendar year, with the sector expected to grow in promi...
Financial planning
A new survey reveals how financial services companies are ensuring they can actually claw-back salaries from executives....
Financial planning
Planner sentiment has taken a dive over the last three months and there is more than one reason for it, according to Wealth Insights....
Funds management
High-level investment team turnover in the listed property funds management sector is likely to affect return performance over the next 12 months, according to Zenith Inv...
Financial planning
Industry body Boutique Financial Planners has called for clear disclosure of licensee ownership after Roy Morgan research revealed a large percentage of consumers were no...
Funds management
Zenith’s Jonathan Baird said the listed property market is unlikely to deliver the same performance next year as over the last 12 months. ...
Financial planning
Latest research shows up to half of clients using bank-aligned financial planners think their adviser is ‘independent’....
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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...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...