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FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... themselves financially. Meanwhile, Dr. Adam Tucker from the Beddoes Institute explains the new advice framework. #AFAau October 12, 8.50am - Good morning from the Gold Coast! Our live blog is back for Day Two. AFA to reveal findings of a new advice study ...

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
... developed in partnership with non-profit organisation, the Black Dog Institute, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week (October 8 to 14). AMP recently launched an online Life Insurance Framework (LIF) resource to help prepare advisers for the 1 January ...

India's upside risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... Indian central bank kept interest rates unchanged - repo rate at 6.0% and reverse repo rate at 5.75% - following its 4 October policy meeting. Financial markets widely expected the move and followed the RBI's 25 basis point reductions in the repo and ...

Voting opens for 2017 Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... show the industry boasts a solid crop of role models who will take financial advice to a wider audience." Voting closes October 17. The 50 individuals who collect the highest votes will be included in the final list and the Power50 Guide will be published ...

Industry helps shape new adviser expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... by the existing regulatory standards on education and professionalism." The white paper will be launched on Thursday 12 October at the AFA National Adviser Conference on the Gold Coast next week. The AFA also announced a new session to be launched at ...

AFA shines spotlight on peer learning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... alongside the existing Meet the Innovators and Meet the Professionals roundtables on the second day of conference, Thursday 12 October. Meet the Innovators and Meet the Professionals are 40-minute sessions of up to 20 delegates, led by individuals with ...

Pensioners to pay less at industry fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... InTrust Super also announced reductions, with fees on its PayGuard income protection policies dropping as much as 12% from 1 October. Sunsuper manages about $46 billion in funds for more than one million members and 90,000 employers.

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 ...

Advisers face tax registration risk

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... board yesterday shows that of the 1100 renewal reminder emails sent to financial advisers whose registration expires on 31 October, 18% were undeliverable because the email address was invalid. "These tax advisers registered under the notification option ...