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06 April, 2021 |
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Latest News |
Money Management Original | Have claims-handling bad habits returned to life insurance? | Life insurance claims specialist, Col Fullagar says life insurers appear to be falling back into their bad old ways, including using the Government’s COVID-19 stimulus measures such as JobKeeper against people on claim. |
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Money Management Original | Adviser numbers still in net outflow | Gains in adviser numbers, counting year-to-date, are still lower than the losses at the licensee level, according to analysis from HFS Consulting. |
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Sponsored Content | What are the unique risks of retirement? | The risks of retirement are as numerous as they are significant, and must be adequately addressed. Explores these risks in more detail. CPD hours are available. |
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Money Management Original | ASIC's Shipton confirms retaining top legal team | The chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has temporarily returned to his role heading up the regulator but only after retaining the services of some of Australia’s heaviest-hitting lawyers. |
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Industry News | Australians rebounding from pandemic | Australians rated as “thriving” by Financial Mindfulness’ Financial Stress Index which has increased after sliding during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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Industry News | SMSFs looking to cryptocurrency for diversification | Cryptocurrency “dovetails” with the goals of self-managed superannuation funds and aligns with the investment strategies, according to Cointree, but hurdles remain in advisers’ lack of experience with the asset class. |
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Industry News | ASIC sues CBA over monthly access fees | The corporate regulator is suing the Commonwealth Bank for misleading conduct over its monthly access fees, which saw $55 million incorrectly charged to customers. |
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Expert Analysis |
Money Management Original | Insurers continue to behave badly | Col Fullager examines examples of poor insurer conduct and how the firms could have behaved better towards the client. |
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Money Management Original | How Super Funds Can Make Scale Pay | Their assets may be increasing but the number of Australia’s superannuation funds is falling and creating ‘mega funds’. Now, they need that scale to work in their favour, Babloo Sarin writes. |
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