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CHOICE wants commissions banned

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... month calling for a ban on commission-based remuneration and other conflicted remuneration to advisers. Titled 'Financial advice: is it in your interest?' campaign, the association is attacking what it believes is conflicted financial advice because ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... Financial Standard asked some of the country's leading insurers how they would respond if, hypothetically, the financial advice industry moves towards predominantly fee-for-service based advice by 2012, as proposed in a government submission by the Financial ...

Fin advice satisfaction down: Lifeplan

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
The latest Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction Index fell 4.3 per cent in the last six months, with financial planning clients unevenly split between those who are likely to stick with their planner and those that are more vulnerable to cutting ...

AFA conference to focus on leadership

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... has affected the financial planning sector, this year's program includes a panel discussion on the future of financial advice and sessions on building sustainable retirement income strategies after the GFC. "We're now facing and working in an environment ...

Plum members avoid switching

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... months despite the market crash as members hang on to investments. Graeme Humphrys, advice manager of Momentum Financial Advice - the financial planning arm of the $9 billion Plum - said although there were increased enquiries into switching, only 2 ...

Debate advice, not advisers: Sherry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... in its current form advice is an elite service used by a minority of consumers. "If you want bespoke high end financial advice you have to pay for it," Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), told a packed house ...

No flight to cash at Equipsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... lot of defined benefit money and of course, those members don't really need to switch," he sad. Burns said good financial advice and increased member education and communication have also played vital roles in ensuring members stayed on course with their ...

AXA names top adviser

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... contributes to a number of charities including Ronald McDonald House. Andrew Waddell, general manager of AXA Financial Advice Network, said the award is the highest honour the AXA Financial Advice Network can bestow on one of the firm's advisers. "Each ...

AMIST offers fee-for-service advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
The $685 million Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust (AMIST) has rolled out a fee-for-service financial advice service to its members. AMIST launched the service in March following increasing member demand for tailored advice and selected ...

AFA calls for remuneration choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... such as wealth protection and insurance. Klipin's concerned that banning commissions could make comprehensive financial advice unaffordable for some consumers. "In what is proving to be the most difficult market in living history, it is vital the industry ...