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Insurance industry has trust issues

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... having closed policies or switched providers within the previous 18 months. This means that many customers who choose to switch insurers still retain overall positive views of their former provider."

ASIC takes SMSF property spruikers to court

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... regarding ASIC's proceeding on its website. The company has advised at least 500 members of the public to establish and switch funds into an SMSF which are then used to purchase investment properties that are owned or promoted by Park Trent companies. ...

Retail fund members most likely to establish SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
Members of retail funds are the most likely group to switch to self-managed super funds (SMSFs), according to CoreData research. As many as 4.8% of retail fund members are likely to set up an SMSF in the next 12 months, and 17.8% are likely to do so ...

AFA questions ASIC life report

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
AFA chief executive Brad Fox raised concerns over the methodology of Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) report on life insurance advice that was released last week. He told the media that there were questions over the methology ...

One third of risk advisers non-compliant, ASIC says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... commissions are more strongly correlated with non-compliant advice, including in situations where the recommendation is to switch products. The report also found incidents where clients were advised to take out life insurance that they could not afford. ...

Big four fail in cross-selling retail super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Australia's big four banks are failing to cross-sell their retail superannuation products to their existing banking customers, the latest Roy Morgan research shows. Each of the banks is capturing less than 20% of their customers' superannuation balances ...

Advisers boost practice profitability

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... business efficiency is now a greater priority," Peker said. The research also found that advisers are increasingly willing to switch dealer groups in the next 12 months. In 2014, 10% of advisers surveyed said they are intending to change dealer groups ...

Carried away by the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

Advisers use more insurers, but main provider still key: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
Advisers have expanded the number of insurers they use, but being an adviser's main insurance provider remains essential, new research by Investment Trends shows. After four years of planners consolidating insurers, advisers have increased the numbers ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market has opened flat despite reports that Russian that are actively fighting in eastern Ukraine spooking markets overnight. All major US and European markets lost ground overnight as NATO said at least 1,00 Russian troops were ...