Risk Specialists Charging Advice Fees?
Our latest poll may divide opinion, and is based on a potentially emerging trend for risk specialist advisers in Australia.
We're asking - not whether...
New Opportunities for Risk Advisers?
The proposition that risk specialist or risk focussed advice businesses can build a fee element into their advice proposition generated much interest from RiskinfoNZ...
Partners Life Clears up BNZ Life Questions Following Acquisition
With Partners Life having completed its acquisition of BNZ Life, financial advisers might wonder what will change for their clients who have a policy...
‘Creaking Systems’ Behind Hundreds of Life Insurance Issues
“Creaking systems and weak controls,” are some of the underlying problems that saw more than 200 life insurance issues reported to the FMA during...
IFSO Scheme Sees Fewer Formal Complaints
Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman (IFSO) Karen Stevens saw a drop in the number of complaint enquiries made to her office in the year...
Top Tips For Improving FAP Compliance
Strategi Compliance has published its top tips for those seeking to improve their overall regulatory compliance.
In a statement, the firm says that when it...
How to Handle an FMA Audit
The issue of an FMA audit is the subject of the latest Compliance Refinery Director Bootcamp podcast featuring Melanie Purdey and the firm's CEO...
FMA Seeks to Better Understand the Advice Sector
A key focus for the FMA over the coming months is to understand how its new regulatory regime is working for the financial advice...
Real-World Complaints Revealed
The Adviser Platform is holding a case study webinar to review eight real-world complaints and their impact on the client and adviser.
Led by the...