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Advice beats direct insurance for Aussie consumers

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
The majority of Australian consumers prefer to purchase insurance policies through financial advisers rather than directly. This is the conclusion of Asteron Life's Attitude to Life Adviser Insights report, which surveyed 1,515 Australians across every ...

Medical risk leader joins Bombora

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
A specialist medical risk provider has joined Bombora Advice. MediBroker, founded in 2012 by managing director Aaron Zelman, focuses on risk advice solutions for medical professionals. It currently has over 300 clients and will join Bombora as a principal ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... open, for we've been here many, many times before when some "spooky" headline reverses the up into a down - Australian consumer and business confidence are due out today (take note). This, or traders just decide to sell on the upswing. Nah, I'm not turning ...

QIC asks government to step up, break toxic cycle

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
The government should step up and introduce fiscal stimulus to the economy to break a dangerous cycle of low consumer confidence and low investment as Chinese demand plummets, QIC said. QIC chief economist Matthew Peter painted a gloomy outlook of the ...

Sunsuper and AFA partner for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... Australian Securities and Investment Commission's (ASIC) external advisory panel. Her previous role was chair of Australian consumer advocacy group Choice where she created the Superannuation Consumers' Centre. Mack also holds directorships with Food ...

ASIC bans convicted fraud "mastermind"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
ASIC has banned the Australian "mastermind" of the UK's biggest ever boiler room scheme from practising financial services. From 2003 to 2007, Jeffrey Revell-Reade made A£70 million selling equities in non-existent companies via brokers in Madrid to ...

FPA proposes risk commission cap

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has released its life insurance blueprint paper discussing its aim to drive competitive, professional, and valuable service to Australian consumers. "Remuneration for insurance work should be compensated ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... more) and the A$ dropping from a high of US$0.9505 over the past 12 months to US$0.7679 currently. No wonder Australian consumer sentiment is sliding again and business confidence remains less than half the measured mood 12 months ago. Now comes this... ...

FS Advice: Medcraft's appalling speech

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
Check out the latest edition of the FS Advice newsletter here Last week, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft's outburst about financial planning got everyone talking. He used the words "absolutely appalling" when referring to the fact that Australian consumers ...

Australia's insatiable online appetite

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
The appetite of Australian consumers for internet and online services is increasing at ever faster rates, with huge implications for wealth managers and those battling to stay competitive. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) released ...