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Royal Commission puts bonuses on notice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... flaws in the use of balanced scorecards to determine remuneration. It comes as Australia's biggest bank bosses face the Royal Commission. According to researchers from the university's Applied Finance department, balanced scorecards are a common ...

Comyn promises personal accountability

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
CBA chief executive Matt Comyn told the financial services Royal Commission how he plans to overhaul the bank that was "once great" under his leadership, but flagged there might be "missteps" along the way. Comyn admitted that the pursuit of financial ...

Apologies are over: Royal Commission looks to future

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
The final round of the financial services Royal Commission will ask chief executives at Australia's largest wealth management companies how to prevent this same misconduct ever happening again. Making her opening statement this morning, counsel ...

Code of ethics still the main game: FPA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... come into effect from January but have been delayed until next November. He also spoke about the ongoing financial services Royal Commission and the association's work outside these major industry movements. This included enshrining the term financial ...

AFCA creates small businesses ombudsman role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... money. Coonan added AFCA recognises that small businesses are a very important part of the Australian economy and the banking Royal Commission has demonstrated how devastating it can be when their financial disputes are not fairly resolved. On 1 November ...

New degree tackles adviser education standards

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... facing significant changes both with the introduction of the new qualification standards and recommendations from the banking Royal Commission - the combination of these two will reshape the industry. "We will likely see a shift towards more independent ...

We must do better: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... the 2018 ASFA conference in Adelaide this morning, ASFA chair Michael Easson didn't shy away from the criticism of the Royal Commission. Following a video recap of the inquiry, Easson said restoring public trust is the industry's biggest challenge ...

FPA fines Henderson $50k

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... financial future and enforcement of the FPA Code is an important aspect of that commitment." In April, the financial services Royal Commission heard former client, Fair Work commissioner Donna McKenna, a sought Henderson's advice after discovering ...

Labor responds to Royal Commission, sheds light on victims of misconduct

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
The Labor Party submitted a response to Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's interim report, documenting feedback to the Royal Commission through victims of bank misconduct, including claims banks go out of their way to avoid compensation settlements. In ...

Vamos joins embattled insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... Industry stalwart Pauline Vamos is set to become chair of an ASX-listed insurance company which was taken to task during the Royal Commission. Vamos is now a non-executive director on the board of Freedom Insurance Group, the insurer that was admonished ...