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Big 4, AMP fork out massive compensation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... $1.3 million respectively. The regulator said it will continue to monitor the institutions' compensation programs and determine if additional instances of fees charged without advice provided are identified. ASIC released its 499 Financial advice: fees ...

Super life code released

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... member explicitly states they want to retain the cover. When joining a new fund, trustees will endeavour to help members determine if they have duplicate insurance cover from other super funds, the code said. "The purpose of this is to ensure you do ...

Government expert panel hands down proposed education standards for existing advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
Under the proposed standards released today by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, all existing advisers will be required to make a choice between several different education pathways -and some of their current qualifications may fail ...

CBA admits to anti-money laundering breaches, AUSTRAC flags new allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
CBA admitted systems glitches have led to it breaching anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws on more than 53,000 occasions, and flagged it is bracing itself for new allegations to be handed down by AUSTRAC. In filings submitted in response ...

French giant intensifies action on global warming

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
One of Europe's biggest banks is calling on the world's influential financial sector to lead the transition to a low-carbon economy. BNP Paribas chief executive Jean-Laurent Bonnafe said that as the engine of the economy that brings individuals, investors ...

Group insurance awareness encouraging: MetLife

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... funds to review insurance needs or members. Stewart flagged that MetLife is working with its super fund partners to determine the appropriate level of cover for younger members, following a major move by AustralianSuper in September to allow new members ...

Court shuts down listed investment manager lawsuit

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... director for removal. "Keybridge is simply seeking to create an opportunity for all shareholders, properly informed, to determine for themselves the future composition of the board of Molopo," Keybridge's ASX statement said at the time. More recently ...

MyPlanner enters ASIC radar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... who did not make adequate inquiries into clients' relevant circumstances and didn't complete sufficient analysis to determine the suitability of strategies. ASIC also found advisers failed to clearly define the scope of the advice being provided, and ...

Calastone adopts blockchain

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... testing in June, analysing trade order placements and settlement of mutual funds. The proof of concept stage was able to determine the volume of transactions processed was "many times greater" than what is currently available, the company said. At the ...

Former CBA-aligned adviser banned for three years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
An adviser formerly working under CBA-owned licensee Financial Wisdom has been banned for three years by ASIC. ASIC said the decision came about because Julie Hamilton failed to act in her clients' best interests; the regulator investigated her activity ...