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New Platform to Slash Cost of Risk Advice
The launch of a new technology platform may prove to be at least a part of the solution in finding a way forward for risk advisers and risk advice businesses, and is the Riskinfo...
Risk Advisers Still Don’t Know Options Beyond 2021
The Riskinfo Story of the Week raises the prospect of an alternative future for risk specialists, with feedback provided to one advice network suggesting many advisers are not aware of all the options that...
Latest Adviser Movements Show ‘Sea of Red’ – Data
The 'sea of red' data on recent adviser movements garnered most interest from our readers over the last seven days, earning it Story of the Week status as the clock rapidly ticks towards a...
Adviser Numbers to Drop to 16,500 by End of Year – Prediction
It's often the bad news that can rate the best, which is the case for our Story of the Week, as we reported the further projected decline in adviser numbers by the end of...
AFA Announces Board Changes
The announcement of Sam Perera as the new AFA President is the Riskinfo Story of the Week.
Perera’s appointment, together with that of a new Vice President and other board changes, coupled with the recent...
Life Insurance Claims Data Continues to Show Value of Advice
The affirming message of the value of advice - especially when the rubber hits the road for life insurance claims - has been reinforced with the release of APRA's latest industry claims statistics, making...
Landmark White Paper Blueprint – Simplify Advice Framework, Drive Down Costs
The roadmap outlined in the FSC's White Paper on financial advice, including timeframes, offers one pathway to a future in which the industry can eventually wrest back the ability to self-regulate. The potential significance...
New IP Products – Your Verdict?
Riskinfo’s Story of the Week offers advisers the opportunity to deliver their initial verdict on the new range of IP products launched into the market. We’ll be reporting the results in the coming week,...
APRA’s IP Intervention – New Product Releases
The huge activity undertaken by insurers in releasing their new range of IP products picked itself as the Story of the Week this week. Advisers and other industry stakeholders will now be fine tooth-combing...
Advisers Departing Large Licensees
What interested advisers most during this past week has been the fact that the three largest licensee groups in Australia have accounted for 52 percent of the loss in net adviser numbers so far...