Tag: feature
ASIC Targeting Cultural Shift
Addressing poor culture within financial services businesses is one of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s current enforcement priorities.
Releasing its latest Enforcement Report, covering...
New Hybrid or Old Level?
Our latest poll draws on the the AFA's recent statements that it will seek to ensure existing level commission arrangements remain a part of...
ASIC to Recover Investigation Costs
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will now use its powers to recover expenses and costs related to its investigations.
The regulator has released a...
Clients Seeking Claims Assurance
Advice clients believe the effective management of a claim is the area in which insurers and advisers can add the most value, a recent...
Level Commissions Should Remain – AFA
The Association of Financial Advisers has highlighted one of the less prominent elements of the new Life Insurance Framework proposals, in advocating that existing...
Children Main Reason for Buying Insurance
Having children is the primary trigger for taking out life insurance, a survey from Asteron has shown.
The study, which asked consumers to nominate the...
Life Insurance Framework – Improvement Needed
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has issued a statement this week, further clarifying its position on the proposed clawback provisions contained in the...
Advisers Encouraged to Rate Their Peers
Advisers can now publicly vouch for the integrity and professionalism of their peers, as part of the latest update to the Adviser Ratings service.
The...
Life Insurance Framework – Sorting Fact From Fiction
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced it will hold a half-hour open forum at its 2015 National Practitioner Roadshow this month that...
Commissions – Perception and Reality
Licensee firm, Life Insurance Direct, has disclosed findings it says provide a realistic perspective on the actual amount of commissions advisers receive.
This information, released...