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What people really think about life commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... that "commission" isn't necessarily a dirty word to clients - but they want flexibility in how they pay. Eight in 10 consumers with life insurance through an adviser would prefer an upfront fee for advice with lower premiums over the life of the policy. ...

NAB hires to improve governance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... enhanced competition. "Our largest financial services organisations provide financial stability and essential services to consumers and businesses, while at the same time employing tens of thousands of Australians and providing substantial community ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... driver of the market remains super low interest rates, with the RBA seemingly determined to "do whatever it takes" to get consumers spending again and inflation moving higher," he said. "But with households nursing already high debt levels, Australia ...

ASIC increases levy costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... our best estimate based on information available to us." "ASIC strives to proactively identify and mitigate harms to consumers, investors and markets and respond to challenges as they arise." The regulator said it cannot predict with certainty its enforcement ...

FPA supports tightening insurance claims

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... representatives," the submission said. "The FPA recommends two clear disclosure and consumer advice warnings should be provided to consumers by representatives acting on behalf of the insurer." Those advice warnings, it said, should include that the ...

Latitude Financial joins banks on AFCA complaints list

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... advisers received 2999 complaints and debt collectors received 2902 complaints. Incredibly, AFCA was able to assist consumers and small businesses to obtain $185 million in compensation in its first year of operation.

Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... maintained - lowered interest rates and the July 2019 tax rebates weren't able to coax highly indebted Australian consumers to go on a spending spree. As at the September 2019 quarter, household debt to disposable income was tracked at 187.0%. Especially ...

Industry funds dominate satisfaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... (70.2%), CareSuper (67.6%), AustralianSuper (67.3%), Colonial First State (65.1%), Mercer (64.7%) and Hostplus (63.2%). "Consumers are continuing to be more satisfied with industry funds, and this is reflected in the fact there is a total of eight industry ...

SMSFA slams limited licensing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... and drives harmonisation to better enable the provision of affordable, accessible and quality advice to business and consumers," Maroney said. Additionally, the association's submission is calling for the ATO to allow greater access to its portal for ...

Goldman Sachs realigns reporting structure

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... consumer business; namely its digital platform Marcus, which provides personal loans and high-yield savings (1.7%) to consumers, as well as the bank's credit card (the Apple Card), which had previously been reported in a different division. According ...