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NAB CEO apologises over super failures

HARRISON WORLEY, DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... and the mistake we've made in this case is we haven't done that." On Wednesday, senior counsel assisting Michael Hodge put forward the case that NULIS Nominees - the trustee of MLC and NAB super products - did not act in the best interests of ...

IOOF executives dismiss conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... of questioning to IOOF general manager of distribution Mark Oliver. Yesterday afternoon, Senior Counsel Assisting Michael Hodge painted a picture of the retail group's complicated structure. This morning, the Commission heard APRA raised serious ...

We have won the battle, not the war: AustralianSuper CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... into a change of default fund applying at the workplace," Silk said. Responding to questions from counsel assisting Michael Hodge, Silk said if the Fox in the Henhouse campaign were judged on its ability to stem the flow of crossbench senators supporting ...

Conflict of interest too great for NULIS: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... were too great for the superannuation trustee to manage, the Royal Commission has heard today. Counsel assisting Michael Hodge suggested to former NULIS chair Nicole Smith the trustee "simply couldn't manage the conflicts" between itself and other related ...

MLC MySuper investment budget was tight-fisted: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... Commission heard. Resuming former NULIS chair Nicole Smith's questioning on day three, senior counsel assisting Michael Hodge attempted to highlight conflicts of interest in MLC's MySuper product. The fund was performing in the bottom quarter ...

NAB compensation delays hopelessly conflicted: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... the Royal Commission's inquiry into superannuation heard. This is the observation of Senior Counsel Assisting Michael Hodge as he grilled former chair of NULIS Nominees, Nicole Smith. Hodge said NAB's wealth division continued to deduct planned ...

Former NULIS chair faces Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... service and then... to receive the revenue for fee for service you had to provide a service," senior counsel assisting Michael Hodge quizzed. "And you weren't anticipating that, for example, MLC would provide some different service and then claim ...

Plan service fees did not constitute fee for no service: NAB

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
Responding to questions from counsel assisting Michael Hodge, former NAB general manager of superannuation and platforms Paul Carter attempted to distinguish between other cases of fees for no service and NAB charging superannuation customers for advice ...

NAB looked to keep plan service fees, Royal Commission hears

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... supplied. Questioning former NAB general manager of superannuation and platforms Paul Carter, counsel assisting Michael Hodge suggested the group looked for any possible way it could avoid refunding customers for advice fees it had wrongly charged. "Can ...

Lose grandfathered commissions, lose business: MLC

KARREN VERGARA AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... implemented going forward, one of which was the continuation of grandfathered commissions. Senior Counsel Assisting Michael Hodge asked Carter what was the benefit of continuing the grandfathered commissions considering that after the successor fund ...