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AFA calls out ISA on claims blame

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox has dismissed Industry Super Australia's calls to connect adviser remuneration with insurance claim decisions. Arguing that linking the two is "like blaming a petrol station for a driver who chooses to speed," ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... management firm Beulah Capital managing director Christian Ryan agrees that the growing use of the fee-for-service adviser remuneration model is driving interest in managed accounts, along with the Future of Financial Advice reforms. He argues that these ...

Asteron discusses alternative commission structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... ethical and education standards in the financial services industry. Vilo reportedly said Asteron has created an adviser remuneration modelling tool, allowing advisers to enter financial data from their practices and see how they are performing. Financial ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... relevant legal standard that applied when the advice was given." The report also concluded that the means of adviser remuneration - in other words, whether the adviser was paid using an upfront commission model, a hybrid or levelled model, or no commissions ...

AFA calls for adviser leadership

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... certainly have the AFA's support." Fox said there was a "clear opportunity" for licensees to implement their own adviser remuneration structures, and for insurers to assist in the supervision of insurance product advice. "Insurers, advisers, licensees ...

Trowbridge proposals will hit consumers hardest

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... education, codes of conduct and client engagement. "Unfortunately, the focus has been almost entirely on adviser remuneration at the expense of these other levers," he said. The commission models proposed in the Trowbridge and FSI reports are based on ...

Trowbridge releases final report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... review the efficacy of the proposed reforms after five years. In short, the policy recommendations are: that adviser remuneration be based on a system of level commissions (at a maximum of 20% of premiums) supplemented by an Initial Advice Payment (IAP) ...

ClearView calls for life insurance industry crackdown

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... effectively explaining their value proposition to clients. The statement also argued that "significant" changes to adviser remuneration were inadvisable and would only serve to undermine the profitability of independent advice practices. "We believe ...

Life insurance commissions must remain an option: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... Group, a joint initiative by the AFA and the Financial Services Council (FSC), has set the discussion up over adviser remuneration in life insurance advice. Following criticism by Industry Super Australia (ISA) over the fact that the working group's ...

Adviser remuneration "critical": Trowbridge Interim Report

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
The quality of advice and the remuneration of adviser incentives were raised as "critical" areas in the interim report of the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group (LIAWG) established by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial ...