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AMP shakes up advice service model

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... BOLR measures have been under close scrutiny since the 2018 Hayne Royal Commission. In an early hearing, senior counsel assisting Rowena Orr highlighted instances in which service fees were still charged after the client's adviser sold the rights ...

No charges in AMP BOLR investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... matter". The conduct was the subject of intense scrutiny during the 2018 Royal Commission. At the time, Senior Counsel Assisting Michael Hodge also noted that AMP would dial down fees for orphaned clients rather than issue a disclosure statement not ...

Grandfathered commissions: Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... Royal Commission in favour of keeping the model. The association's submission was highlighted by Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr in her summation of the final round, stating: "Only the Association of Financial Advisers is wholly opposed to ending ...

APRA grilled over superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... actual outcome of the application of those processes and identifying that the outcome is deficient?" senior counsel assisting Michael Hodge asked of Byres. Hodge said it was the same issue with CBA - the framework and policies looked good but the audit ...

APRA not clear how to police BEAR breaches

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... five months on from the change. Continuing his testimony on the Royal Commission's final day, Byres told senior counsel assisting Michael Hodge that while it had an interim plan to manage breaches by an accountable person at a bank under BEAR, it hadn't ...

Miscalculations delay remediation, more issues emerge: AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... "urgently sampling" workplace super members prompted by eight breaches identified by the company in October. Senior counsel assisting Michael Hodge asked Wilkins: "Is the risk that AMP faces in relation to this that it may have another fees for no service ...

BEAR should be expanded, ASIC included: Shipton

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... Regime to senior ASIC staff while being quizzed on the regulator's current governance. After telling Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr that he believes the BEAR should be expanded to also encompass all ASIC regulated entities, Orr referred to the UK ...

CBA board ignored key issues in deciding executive pay

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... 62nd day of the Royal Commission's hearings, Commonwealth Bank's chair Catherine Livingstone agreed to senior counsel assisting Rowena Orr's suggestion that the information received by the remuneration committee was inadequate in accurately deciding ...

TAL hired private investigator to follow claimant: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... presenting now was for a new illness, the GP noted. On receiving the claim request, TAL went on what senior counsel assisting Rowena Orr called a "fishing expedition". The nurse was asked to produce a large number of documents including her tax records ...

Intra-fund advice conflicted: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... general manager of distribution Peter Chun followed colleague Linda Elkins' testimony yesterday. Senior counsel assisting Michael Hodge continued to flesh out why CFS, a subsidiary of CBA, mishandled transitioning members to MySuper products over ...
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