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Pressure on advice practices means time for rethink: ClearView

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... driving the need for strategic advice. "In the past, advice has been transactional and product-focused in nature however there isn't a nice neat product solution for advice on property investing, debt management or aged care. Strategic advice is the ...

Nominations for adviser award opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... perception of advisers. AFA general manager of member services, partnerships and campus Nick Hakes said: "The award process isn't about recognising those with the most knowledge, but about celebrating advisers who put their knowledge to the best use." ...

Desperately seeking workers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... manoeuvre. This is because despite the economy operating at full-employment and causing a broadening in wage increases, this isn't still flowing through into consumer price inflation. Headline CPI inflation slowed to 2.4% in the year to March from 2.7% ...

ClearView slams APL standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... premium analysis on a range of product scenarios as a proxy to determine the competitiveness of an insurance product, which isn't necessarily based on the highest rated or cheapest. Many life insurance companies will price products to attract or detract ...

New alliance to encourage female planners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... for its commitment to mentorship. "We don't want to just do women's events - we want to make a measurable difference. This isn't just for women, it's for both males and females, and it's about helping our members be better than they are today," Lovett ...

Super fund private equity demand growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... said. Allen added the policy's message is, "yes, Australia is open for business and encouraging foreign investments," but this isn't reflective what's happening in practice in this country.

Global SMA rated superior

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... said global fund managers are investing forward by looking backward when buying traditional indices of companies. "Google isn't in the media index - which has in it Disney and Time Warner - but it is the largest media company in the world. The next wave ...

Not our job to protect big insurers: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... peer-to-peer insurance and smaller insurance tech companies should be taken as a warning to established players - and APRA isn't going to protect outdated business models from failing. APRA member and former Suncorp Life chief executive Geoff Summerhayes ...

Insurers: beware the double-edged sword of genetic testing

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... out life insurance policies for fear of a genetic test being foisted upon them during the application process - even if this isn't legal. "That fear is profound. They don't want their life insurance, or their lives, affected by discrimination on the ...

Fintech Nod takes on the unadvised

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... "unserviced". "The people out there who aren't receiving financial advice are still stressing about their finances, but there isn't a model that services them; our job is to try and create that," Robbie said. "We think we can help advisers to bridge ...