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	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>FPA To Support Commission on Risk Products</title>
		<link>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/17/fpa-to-support-commission-on-risk-products/</link>
		<comments>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/17/fpa-to-support-commission-on-risk-products/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Compliance & Regulation]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Remuneration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has confirmed it will support the continuation of commission as a remuneration option for risk insurance products.
This move follows confirmation from two of the strongest supporters of transitioning to a fee for service remuneration structure, MLC and AMP, who are both on record as supporting the continuation of risk commissions.
The FPA Board [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Merge or Not to Merge?</title>
		<link>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/17/to-merge-or-not-to-merge/</link>
		<comments>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/17/to-merge-or-not-to-merge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Our latest riskinfo poll asks: Should the AFA and the FPA merge?
The question is simple, but the answer is complex.
It makes sense to picture a unified adviser organisation that represents the entire financial adviser community, where a single voice will speak louder than the sometimes fragmented individual voices of the FPA and the AFA.
As Matrix Planning Solutions Chair, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stepped Versus Level Premiums - Key Factors</title>
		<link>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/17/stepped-versus-level-premiums-key-factors/</link>
		<comments>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/17/stepped-versus-level-premiums-key-factors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Products]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CommInsure has entered the debate on the relative merits of stepped versus level premiums, cautioning advisers to consider a number of  key points as part of their decision-making.
In a recent article by CommInsure&#8217;s Jeffrey Scott within the insurer&#8217;s Spotlight Series 2010, Mr Scott highlights four key factors for advisers when determining the suitability of stepped or level premium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem With Fact Finds - Product or Advice Solutions?</title>
		<link>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/16/the-problem-with-fact-finds-product-or-advice-solutions/</link>
		<comments>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/16/the-problem-with-fact-finds-product-or-advice-solutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Compliance & Regulation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Leading Minds Academy says fact find documents and Statements of Advice need to change in order to cope with future fee-for-service remuneration models.
Head of Leading Minds Academy, Brian Boggs, says research has shown that advisers have difficulty in communicating back to their clients over 50% of the relevant information that they collect via current fact find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Matrix Practice, RI/Fortnum Deal</title>
		<link>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/16/new-matrix-practice-rifortnum-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/16/new-matrix-practice-rifortnum-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dealer Groups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Matrix Planning Solutions (Matrix) has added a new Adelaide-based practice to its national network.
Frances Magill Financial Strategists joins Matrix, where the firm will offer advice on personal and business life insurance, superannuation, pre-retirement and retirement planning, savings and investment plans and estate planning.
Matrix advises that in the process of adding another practice to its expanding network, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Uniform Standards for Adviser Education</title>
		<link>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/16/call-for-consistent-standards-for-adviser-education/</link>
		<comments>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/16/call-for-consistent-standards-for-adviser-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Consistent, uniform standards for adviser education must be developed as soon as possible, according to an industry learning and development organisation.

Larry Gould, CEO of Australia-wide Business Training, believes that while the financial services industry has taken great leaps forward in training and educating financial advisers and their office support staff, there is an urgent need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addressing the Perception Gap</title>
		<link>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/12/addressing-the-perception-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/12/addressing-the-perception-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conferences and Events]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Advisers must be aware of the &#8216;perception gap&#8217; that exists in the minds of Australians in order to assist them in  tackling the underinsurance gap, according to reinsurer, Swiss Re.
Addressing the recent IFSA Life Insurance Conference, Swiss Re &#8217;s Managing Director, Life &#38; Health, David Gott, said the Global Financial Crisis appears to have opened the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MLC Initiative to Transition Salaried Advisers to Business Owners</title>
		<link>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/12/mlc-initiative-to-transition-salaried-advisers-to-business-owners/</link>
		<comments>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/12/mlc-initiative-to-transition-salaried-advisers-to-business-owners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Company News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In what it refers to as an &#8216;industry first&#8217;, MLC has launched the MLC Advice Business School.
According to MLC, the purpose of the school is to provide &#8216;&#8230; the training and support necessary for a salaried financial planner to start-up and run a successful financial advice business.&#8217;
In its release announcing the establishment of the Advice Business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFA/FPA Merger Talks</title>
		<link>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/10/afafpa-merger-talks/</link>
		<comments>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/10/afafpa-merger-talks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://riskinfo.com.au/news/?p=5234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are conducting initial discussions on the possibility of merging the two associations.
This move follows a proposal made by Chairman of Matrix Planning Solutions, Peter Franzen, and the Matrix Board, for a united adviser body .
&#8230; the greater the numbers, the greater the influence
AFA CEO, Richard Klipin, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>risk store Forum to Focus on Claims Case Studies, Fee For Service</title>
		<link>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/10/risk-store-forum-to-focus-on-claims-case-studies-fee-for-service/</link>
		<comments>http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2010/03/10/risk-store-forum-to-focus-on-claims-case-studies-fee-for-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conferences and Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The risk store&#8217;s 2010 Life Risk Forum is fast approaching, offering two days of content based on what advisers have said they want to hear.
In particular, advisers have told the risk store:

They want fellow advisers to share their claims stories with the 2010 Forum and the impact these advisers had on the outcomes for their clients [...]]]></description>
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