Life insurance reforms long overdue
27 March 2015 by Scott Hodder
Adviser Ratings has welcomed the recommendations handed down by LIAWG independent chairman John Trowbridge to reform the life insurance industry.
Life sector recommendations derailed
027 March 2015 by Julie May , Financial Observer
The industry would need more time to digest Trowbridge’s final report into retail life insurance advice but some executives were already voicing serious concerns around the recommendations released yesterday morning.
Adviser Ratings revamps website in prep for FAR launch
26 March 2015 by Alex Burke, Financial Standard
Consumer-based adviser "review" service Adviser Ratings has updated its website to accommodate ASIC's first adviser register (FAR), launching at the end of March.
Adviser Ratings assembles 'devil's dictionary'
26 March 2015 by Kristen Crawford, Financial Observer
Despite the “deliberate complexity” of particular financial services terms and concepts intended to confuse consumers, the planning industry needed to take responsibility for simplifying its terminology and increasing financial fluency, an...
Adviser Ratings welcomes Trowbridge report
26 March 2015 by Press Release, Professional Planner
Chris Zinn from Adviser Ratings, the consumer campaign to bring transparency to financial planning, said today the Trowbridge Report reforms into life insurance were balanced, considered and long-overdue.
Consumers looking for advice they can trust
27 February 2015 by John Collett, SMH
After the latest Fairfax Media revelations of dodgy advice at another major bank, investors must be wondering where they can get advice that they can trust.
Backing grows for Adviser Ratings
24 February 2015 by Elizabeth Somerville, Financial Observer
Consumer review site Adviser Ratings has continued to garner industry support from both large dealer groups and smaller licensees looking to empower consumers in their financial decision-making.
FSI adviser recommendations a good start but much work to do
8 December 2014 by Adviser Ratings
Adviser Ratings has welcomed the FSI’s recommendations to encourage innovation in financial services and increase the competency of financial planners.
Adviser Ratings attracts equal interest from instos, independents
2 December 2014 by Elizabeth Somerville, Financial Observer
Institutional advisers and non-aligned planners had embraced consumer review site Adviser Ratings in equal numbers, just seven weeks since its launch, according to the team behind the online ratings site.