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Showing 11 - 20 of 56 results for "Commissioner Hayne"

Insurers dodging Royal Commission reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... insurance industry to side-step the Royal Commission recommendations and are to the detriment of consumers. Commissioner Hayne recommended that the government implement an economy-wide deferred sales model for add on insurance products after the Royal ...

Regulators warn trustees of super advice fee obligations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... effort to provide better protections for members against paying fees for no service. In recommendation 3.2, Commissioner Hayne suggested removing the ability for superannuation trustees to deduct advice fees (other than for intra-fund advice) from a ...

Super fund members compensated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... instructions to switch the clients out of MySuper." These breaches formed part of a Royal Commission case study, where Commissioner Hayne did not find any licensee breach on the evidence before Commission, Aon Australia said. The remediation was paid ...

ASIC sues CBA, CFS over RC case

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
ASIC is taking Commonwealth Bank and its wealth arm, Colonial First State, to task over $22 million in conflicted remuneration issues which it alleges ran up until June 30 last year. The corporate regulator has sued CBA, and the investment arm of its ...

Banned advisers still working in advice: FPA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... representatives providing general advice, directors, management and other AFSL employees. "The FPA notes that Commissioner Hayne identified cultural, behavioural and misconduct issues by other participants in the financial services industry such as product ...

FPA calls for axe to fall on stamping fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... to the Royal Commission's final report into misconduct in the financial services industry, Bristow recalled Commissioner Hayne's opinion that adding more regulation was not the answer to the industry's woes. "This is also a point of regulation, specifically ...

Dealer group to fight grandfathered commissions ban

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... government could only abolish them by compensating planners on just terms," Ardino said. "The government and Commissioner Hayne have falsely argued that this 2011 advice no longer applies. Moreover, there is a real risk that adviser property rights may ...

Train of legislation to hit advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... for compelling viewing, it was just the beginning with the government now committed to implementing all 76 of Commissioner Hayne's recommendations, having released its roadmap for doing so. "There will be a train of legislation coming down the track ...

Treasurer moves on broker remuneration

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... penalty. The latest announcement comes after the Morrison Government released its roadmap for implementing Commissioner Hayne's recommendations. "Mortgage brokers play an important role in promoting good consumer outcomes and competition in the home ...

Peak bodies respond to government roadmap

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
While many have welcomed the government's roadmap for implementing Commissioner Hayne's recommendations, bodies representing the superannuation industry are leading criticisms against the timetable. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...