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Mental health an insurance issue

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Less than half of financial planners polled in a recent survey saw clients with a history of mental illness gain access to income protection insurance, AMP said today. Of the 189 financial planners who responded to the AMP Planner Protection Poll, just ...

Financial planners crushed by rigid ATO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Rigid contribution cap rules with no ability to amend mistakes are causing financial planners to be caught by a new surge of compensation claims, industry leaders have said. Dante de Gori, general manager of policy and government relations for the Financial ...

AXA releases new North

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... supported the new generation North platform. "The essence of the North platform is the ability of a professional financial planner to package their protection and investment vehicle to deliver the optimal outcomes for their clients and consumers more ...

Adviser remuneration debate sparks fly

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
The Association of Financial Advice (AFA) hits back at Industry Super Fund research claiming consumers save $82,000 by retirement age by avoiding financial adviser fees. According to the AFA, this research was designed to distract consumers from industry ...

Church ministers urged to save

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... presentation at the event, as did Murray Nicholls from chartered accountants Saward Dawson, Cornerstone Wealth Financial Planner, Gavin Martin and Focus on the Family Chairman, Neville Cox. "After a lifetime of ministry we want to make sure ministers ...

Advisers compare insurance on smartphones

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
Financial advisers will be able to compare life insurance from major insurers on their Blackberries, Androids, iPhones or any smartphone after technology provider Omnium widened the capability of its free quoting application. The pioneering firm was ...

Advant Online signs AXA

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
AXA advisers have a new tool to use for their marketing needs after their dealer group struck a deal with Advant Online. To boost support for its advisers, AXA joined the online web portal, allowing advisers to find and access relevant fee-for-service ...

ISN urges members to seek intra-fund advice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... general, it may also be personal advice. Where personal arrangements are more complex it will be referred to a financial planner." "Most people aren't seeking and probably don't need ongoing financial planning advice." The ISN said industry funds do ...

Standard Life hires top Macq director

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... develop the Australian arm of the Edinburgh-based global investment giant from its Sydney office. Aspinall, once a financial planner, joins Standard Life from Macquarie, where he worked for four years as associate director of institutional sales. Before ...

Gen Yers turn to social media for financial advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
Generation Yers are seeking advice much sooner than their parents, but not always from the usual sources, with around 33 per cent using social media for financial advice. Based on a survey of 963 adults aged between 21 and 80 years, conducted by TD ...