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MLC fixes premiums for 12 months

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
MLC Life Insurance's base premium rates for retail life insurance policies will remain on hold until October next year. This affects MLC Insurance, MLC Insurance Super, Protectionfirst, Personal Protection Portfolio and Life Cover Super retail customers. ...

AMP improves adviser mental health training

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
AMP has refreshed its mental health training for financial advisers with new content that exceeds the minimum standards of the Life Insurance Code. Initially designed for customer-facing insurance staff, the modules aim to help advisers manage difficult ...

India's upside risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
Perhaps the Reserve Bank of India was just following its former colonial master. For similar to the Bank of England (BOE) - it cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 0.25% in August 2016 to head off the potential negative fall-out from Brexit win ...

Voting opens for 2017 Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
Voting is now open for the 2017 Power50 list of Australia's most influential financial advisers. Last month Financial Standard received more than 600 nominations (including multiple nominations) on who should be recognised in the 50 Most Influential ...

Industry helps shape new adviser expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers' New Financial Advice Competency Framework white paper reveals a consensus among financial services professionals to understand knowledge, attitudes and behaviours. The white paper, produced in partnership with ...

Interest rates on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
It was a ho-hum event, the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 3 October board meeting, that is. The Australian central bank kept interest rates unchanged as widely expected. This takes to 14 the number of months the RBA has kept the official interest ...

China industrial profits surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
It's still about three weeks before the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) convenes on the 18 October but the latest data on the country's industrial profits indicate that it'll be easier for the Politburo to achieve its targets ...

AMP launches LIF-ready resource

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
AMP launched an online Life Insurance Framework (LIF) resource aiming to prepare advisers for the 1 January 2018 legislative changes. The resource hub features video tutorials and a cashflow modeller that assesses the impact different remuneration structures ...

On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... starting tonight while we sleep. Chances are they'll do nothing on policy this month and at their next meeting on 31 October - 1 November. But everybody - even my uncle and his dog - already know this. What remains are the questions on a December interest ...

Westpac chair joins boutique manager board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
A boutique debt-specialist fund manager appointed a Westpac chair to its board. Metrics Credit Partners (MCP) announced Allan Griffiths will join as a non-executive director and independent chair on September 30. Griffiths is currently a non-executive ...