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AMP advances demerger

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
... Australia and internationally." The group has grappled with several cultural, performance and operational challenges since the Hayne Royal Commission. It recently entered into an enforceable undertaking with APRA for misconduct over its superannuation ...

AMP in enforceable undertaking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... deliver on our commitments," she said. AMP said that at the end of the CEU, it expects all matters referred to APRA by the Hayne Royal Commission to be concluded. APRA member Margaret Cole said: "AMP is one of the wealth industry's largest and best ...

Demand for niche advice firms increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... while those with forex capability are rare and generate a premium. After the 2012 Future of Financial Advice reforms and the Hayne Royal Commission report was released in Feb 2019, many buyers now want to buy only financial planning clients who pay annual ...

Cbus to create rainy day fund to cover fines

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
... provisions for any fines or penalties. "This application has been made to ensure Cbus is in compliance with the SIS Act following Hayne reforms. Other profit-to-member funds will likely need to take similar action to ensure compliance," a spokesperson ...

FASEA to reword Standard 3

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... reasonably be expected to induce you to act other than in the client's best interest." The second is align it to the Hayne Royal Commission findings: "You must not receive any benefit (whether monetary or non-monetary), nor enter into any relationship ...

CBA pleads guilty to selling junk insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... conduct was revealed during the Royal Commission and was the subject of a case study in the final report from Commissioner Hayne. The charges also come after ASIC undertook a review of the sale of consumer credit insurance by 11 major banks and other ...

BOQ divests St Andrew's Insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
... expected to make a post‐tax statutory loss of about $26 million after the transaction. St Andrew's was embroiled in the Hayne Royal Commission for its affiliation with Select AFSL's dodgy sales practices. Select terminated its agreement to distribute ...

ASIC sues former Freedom Insurance staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... incentives sales agents could qualify for included overseas holidays and a Vespa scooter. ASIC is taking action following the Hayne Royal Commission's case study of Freedom Insurance, which is now in liquidation. In one instance, the firm sold life ...

Better Advice Bill gets green light

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... Better Advice Bill, which introduces a new disciplinary body, passed the senate overnight. Under the Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response-Better Advice) Bill 2021 (Better Advice Bill), from 1 January 2022, the Financial Services and ...

Pinnacle backs investment platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... change in the industry, and pressures on the financial advice sector. "With the introduction of increased regulation post the Hayne Royal Commission, the exit of the major banks from the wealth management sector and the ongoing reductions in the number ...