Keep Client Consults Super Simple
GUEST COLUMNIST – TONY VIDLER
To be effective as financial advisers we need to begin by focussing on the burning needs of our clients –...
Consultation on New Conduct Outcomes – FMA
Generating interest among Riskinfo readers this week was confirmation by the FMA of a proposed set of consumer and market outcomes it believes the...
FSCL Investigates Premium Payment Confusion
Our report on how the wrong person came to pay for someone else's life policy, and the Financial Ombudsman's investigation that followed, is the...
Time to Focus on Cyber Risks
GUEST COLUMNIST – CLINTON STANGER
FAPs need to decide if they can effectively mitigate cyber risks – it is not an IT or technology risk...
Common Practice May Not be Best Practice
GUEST COLUMNIST – TONY VIDLER
Just because a methodology has become the accepted norm, it does not automatically translate into that being the best way...
FAPs Are Making Hard Work of Compliance
Our report that most FAPs are over-complicating the job of meeting their regulatory compliance obligations struck a chord with Riskinfo readers this week...
Most FAPs...
Staying Ahead of Client Agreements
Partners Life has released its second edition of Licensing Quick Tips. This issue looks at the written service agreement between advisers and their clients.
The...
The Value of Statutory Liability Cover for Advisers
GUEST COLUMNIST – CLINTON STANGER
Liability cover for financial advisers often focuses on professional indemnity. However, FAPs can be exposed not only to new legislation,...
Swiss Re Report Highlights Underinsurance
GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS
New research from Swiss Re points to mounting economic pressures contributing to a reduction in the levels of insurance. Katrina...