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No more changes to risk commissions: ClearView

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
About 67% of financial advisers say they'd stop offering standalone risk advice if there are further changes to life insurance commissions. That's according to a survey conducted by ClearView, which found a further 20% are unsure if they'd continue ...

Ashurst launches super offering, hires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
... well as other market-leading legal practices across the firm to provide an unmatched combination of expert legal and risk advice to the industry." Commenting on his own appointment, Charaneka added: "I am thrilled to join Ashurst, which has the sophisticated ...

Hume pledges less red tape for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... actually take on board," she said. Jones added the Labor Party acknowledges that the advice business model - including risk advice - is broken. If Labor comes into power, he flagged that as a priority for the first 100 days, it will ensure that the model ...

LifeBid bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
Risk advice technology solution LifeBid has added to its board of advisers. Financial adviser Katherine Hayes, who is co-founder of Hayes & Co Insurance Services and NSW and ACT director for the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), has joined the ...

Adviser exits continue, industry recruits 50

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
... (179), Commonwealth FP (179) and Aware Financial Services (162) are the largest licensees when it comes to providing risk advice. As for the largest superannuation advice businesses, Morgans leads with 367 advisers, followed by Ord Minnett with 190 ...

Stephen Jones changes tack on risk advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers' (AFA) national conference, shadow minister for financial services and superannuation Stephen Jones said his views on life insurance have been challenged. Jones said he has reflected on arguments ...

Stonehouse acquires risk advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... was a difficult one as he "loved and enjoyed working" in it. Financial Standard recently wrote about the state of risk advice in its special feature. Changes to remuneration, education, compliance regimes and products, like income protection, have made ...

Adviser numbers at five-year low

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... Services with 204 and Commonwealth Financial Planning with 203 risk advisers have the largest market share in the risk advice segment. Lifespan Financial, GWM Adviser and Capstone Financial are the fastest-growing licensees, each adding 29, 31 and 56 ...

Government merges advice reviews

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... new remit, it will consider the breadth of issues impacting the quality and affordability of financial advice and risk advice, she said. "This will mean that once ASIC finishes its data-collection phase, this information will be provided to Treasury ...

Risk advice most sought-after among Kiwis

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
An overwhelming 70% of products that New Zealand financial advisers recommend are life insurance products, according to the country's financial markets regulator. New statistics released by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) reveals that risk products ...