Treatment in lieu of lump sums for mental health claims: Hume
The Senator spoke of the growing challenge soaring mental health claims are presenting to the insurance industry, and said the government is “open” to looking at treatment and prevention funding in lieu of large lump sum payments.
July 27, 2020
Outsourcing no automatic panacea for advisers
While many practices embrace outsourced solutions for paraplanning and data tasks, consultant Sue Viskovic says they won’t lend any efficiencies to the business unless the process behind the work is sound.
July 24, 2020
ASIC disconnected from compliance reality, advisers say
The regulator’s promise to reduce compliance costs doesn’t gel with their hard line on ‘lookback’ requests, advisers say. Fear still runs rife in the industry and is stifling efforts to reduce the cost to serve.
July 23, 2020
‘Moral imagination’ key to ethical advice: Academic
Acting ethically in an unethical world can be problematic, says UNSW’s Tracy Wilcox, but creativity and a willingness to see other perspectives can help advisers find a way.
July 22, 2020
Advice delivery could be cheaper, ASIC investigates
Advice delivery should be cheaper, many believe, and ASIC is currently investigating why it's not and what can potentially be done to make the delivery of advice more affordable.
July 21, 2020
Pandemic marginalises mass market, older advisers
Research conducted on UK advisers in June reveals Covid-19 is having a more adverse effect on mass market advisers than their high net worth counterparts, who enjoy better client relationships and higher levels of perceived job security.
July 21, 2020
Act fast if you’ve got the wrong team: Ex-NZ Rugby CEO
Whether your team is the standard setter in world rugby or a financial planning practice, showing leadership means dealing with problem elements before they fester. “He Tangata, He Tangata, He Tangata”, says Steve Tew; It is the people, it is the people, it is the people.
July 20, 2020
Blood and equity: Family offices flock to PE
Large family offices are trending towards private equity for diversification, access to what they perceive as value investments and an underlying passion for off-market deals that UBS says is "in their blood".
July 20, 2020
Industry lags on pitching advice as a career
While the education mandate and professional year have added much-needed structure to the path for prospective advisers, the industry hasn’t quite figured out it’s pitch to the next generation yet.
July 17, 2020
Put a lid on market exuberance
Investors would be wise at this juncture to consider whether expectations of an imminent end to the pandemic – and our economic malaise – are premature, says Roger Montgomery.
July 17, 2020
What does self-regulation look like?
The financial advice industry has found itself in a frustrating position of having rules and regulations imposed by people who are fundamentally disconnected from financial planning. Paul Moran thinks he's got a way out.
July 16, 2020
Get Canberra under financial advice: Senator
Andrew Bragg went into bat for financial advice in a wide-ranging fireside with Rice Warner’s Michael Rice, suggesting that pollies should go through the advice process themselves and that unadvised insurance is ‘not enough’.
July 16, 2020
