The Adviser Platform Partners With New F&G Solution for Risk Advisers
The Adviser Platform (TAP) has announced an exclusive partnership with Fire and General platform, Blanket.
Blanket gives risk and mortgage advisers the ability to...
Licensing – What’s the Right Option For Your Business?
Financial Advice New Zealand Chief Executive, Katrina Shanks, explores the questions advisers need to ask themselves to make sure they choose the right licensing...
Government Announces Conduct Licensing Regime for Insurers and Banks
The Government has announced a new regime to regulate financial conduct, which it says will make banks and insurers treat their customers fairly.
Commerce and...
Consumers Deserve Better From Life Insurers – Faafoi
The Government has warned that consumers deserve better from life insurers.
This follows the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Financial Markets Authority voicing their...
ClearView Pays-Up For Poor Life Insurance Advice
In Australia, ClearView Financial Advice has offered $730,138 in financial compensation to 215 clients, following the completion of a review and remediation program for...
Association Says Hawking of Insurance ‘Unacceptable’
The Financial Services Council (FSC) in Australia is supporting no hawking of insurance, saying pressure selling insurance products, over the phone or otherwise, is...
Regulators Disappointed With Sector’s ‘Weak Appetite’ For Change
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Financial Markets Authority have voiced their disappointment with life insurers’ responses to the joint Conduct and Culture...
Education’s Role in Becoming a Professional
As the financial services sector undergoes sweeping changes, Rod Severn from Professional IQ College writes that now is the time for advisers to knuckle down and...
FMA Cancels AFA Authorisation of Dunedin Adviser
The Financial Markets Authority has cancelled Dunedin-based adviser Barry Edward Kloogh’s Authorised Financial Adviser (AFA) authorisation, as a result of concerns regarding compliance with...