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August 12, 2019
Synchron Chair, Michael Harrison, says AMP’s new strategy for wealth management, is a ‘return to the dark ages’, where institutions make and create product and force people into them, with respect to what an individual actually needs given little thought. (more…)
August 9, 2019
AMP Financial Planners Association have announced they will be contesting changes to AMP’s Buyer of Last Resort terms. (more…)
August 5, 2019
The AFA has expressed its strong reservations in relation to a number of issues surrounding the removal of grandfathered investment and superannuation commissions (see: Government Confirms Grandfathering Ban Date). (more…)
August 2, 2019
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has raised its concern that consumers could be the ones to miss out as the Government’s Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2019 is introduced in the Australian Parliament, ending the grandfathering of commissions on investment products. (more…)
July 30, 2019
The Federal Government is set to implement legislation that will ban the grandfathering of investment and superannuation commissions by 1 January 2021. (more…)
July 15, 2019
Risk advisers contemplating closing their business and exiting the advice sector should first consider other options, says Caboodle co-founder, Warwick Hearne. (more…)
June 18, 2019
At a time where industry focus is being directed to new minimum adviser education standards and the FASEA exam, we’re asking whether the importance of soft skills training is being given its due respect and recognition. (more…)
June 17, 2019
The AFA and FPA have released further details on their joint life insurance task force initiative (see: AFA, FPA Join Forces…). (more…)
June 4, 2019
ClearView has released new research which reveals that any additional changes to adviser remuneration will neither lift advice quality nor result in improved client outcomes. (more…)
June 1, 2019
In declaring its support for the retention of risk commissions, AIA Australia has retained the services of former politician and Future of Financial Services reform architect, Bernie Ripoll, to work with the financial services sector in developing long-term policy solutions. (more…)
