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MLC Life names chief underwriter, expands medical service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... will be invaluable as MLC Life seeks to provide a more streamlined and efficient underwriting process for customers and advisers. Separately, MLC Life announced it is expanding its Best Doctors service by providing customers access to medical advice ...

Lapsed adviser registrations could spell trouble: TPB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
More than one quarter of tax (financial) advisers due to renew their registration with the Tax Practitioners Board in July failed to do so, potentially providing tax advice services illegally. Of the 2748 advisers registered to provide such advice ...

Spring FG to join dealer group ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... the first of its representatives. The ASX-listed advice group will begin offering dealer group services to financial advisers and mortgage brokers, believing its consistent growth over the years has provided it with "a depth of offering, and appropriate ...

ANZ revamps life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... Essentials and Severity Trauma, which are a part of the OneCare range of life products, will provide greater choice for advisers whose clients are either already under the existing policies or might be new. Severity Trauma's three-tiered payment structure ...

Australian investment firm opens London office

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... been an exciting time for the team. It's encouraging to see our funds resonating strongly with the Australian market as advisers, investors and research consultants recognise the benefits of our high conviction, risk aware approach," Mitchell said. "And ...

Improved distribution strengthens ClearView result

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... increased 16% in FY17. Growth in ClearView's financial advice division saw an underlying NPAT of $2.2 million, up 47%. Advisers across Matrix Planning Solutions and ClearView Financial Advice increased to 243. The group's funds under management and advice ...

AZ NGA continues acquisition spree

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... advice practice previously licensed under Charter Financial Planning. Farrow Hughes Mulcahy (FHM) currently employs eight advisers who specialise in working with Australian corporations on workplace superannuation arrangements as well as high-net-worth ...

Big tech leads fintech optimism

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... firms supplying critical technology to the sector, opening the door to direct competition at a later stage. It said robo-advisers provide an instructive example of incumbents responding to fintech. "Early innovators like Betterment and Wealthfront have ...

Centrepoint Alliance seeks new MD, records strong FY17 profit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... attributable to the group's continued investment in people, technology and client solutions, and its focus on supporting its advisers in delivering quality client outcomes. "Our strategy is built on the belief that our clients' wellbeing is at the core ...

Freedom Insurance flags acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... the in-force business now exceeds $100 million in premium. Indirect policy sales which include third-party brokers and advisers associated with the group's Spectrum Wealth Advisers business grew 15% to $6.1 million. In addition to sales growth, chief ...