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Adviser performance data vital to remuneration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... in motivating team members and the creation of remuneration packages, latest research shows. The inaugural Adviser Remuneration Report from Elixir Consulting shows 90% of advice practices are sharing business figures with their advisory teams, while ...

ANZ culls sales incentives for planners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... kept a "leaderboard" that ranked advisers on the revenue they brought in. It changed its revenue-centric adviser remuneration on April 12 - less than two weeks before the RC's questioning of ANZ chief risk officer and head of digital and wealth Australia ...

Life insurance regulation needs government backing: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... work. When it comes to the dynamics between life insurance and the financial advice sector, participants said adviser remuneration and standards need reforms to improve outcomes for customers. Many (56%) believed such reforms would improve the low levels ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 6- 9)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... "leaderboard" that ranked advisers on the revenue they brought in, Rixon said. It changed its revenue-centric adviser remuneration on April 12 -- less than two weeks before the day's questioning. It limited revenue-based measures to only 15% of compensation ...

No view on ending adviser commissions: AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... Commission that he has yet to "turn his mind" to the idea of mandating a cessation of the commission-based adviser remuneration model, despite personal reservations. Senior Counsel Assisting Michael Hodge asked Regan whether AMP had formulated a view ...

ASIC widens conflicted adviser remuneration rules

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
ASIC has added additional conditions to its definitions of conflicted remuneration in financial advice both in light of recent reforms and to address specific concerns. Issued ahead of the life insurance framework deadline on January 1, Regulatory Guide ...

Life Insurance Code targets self-regulation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... ASFA and John Trowbridge, the former APRA member and chairman of a 2015 report which called for reforms to adviser remuneration and customer service, which are expected to be reintroduced to parliament this week in the form of the Life Insurance Framework. ...

Life insurance reforms to be re-introduced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... requirements of the best interests' duty." "The life insurance reform bill contains significant amendments to adviser remuneration, and is designed to improve the quality of advice consumers receive by regulating conflicted remuneration."

Mark Dunsford attacks FSC over life reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... lapse rates," said chief executive Loane. "The life insurance reform bill contains significant amendments to adviser remuneration, and is designed to improve the quality of advice consumers receive by regulating conflicted remuneration. While high up ...

Commissions survive as life remuneration bill flatlines

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... Insurance Remuneration Arrangements) Bill 2016 has lapsed due to prorogation, leaving the future of risk adviser remuneration unclear. The reforms in the bill banning volume-based payments, capping commissions and implementing clawback arrangements were ...