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What you read in 2019: Superannuation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
The past year has served as the beginning of the superannuation industry's transformation. Yes, recent years have seen nothing but reform after reform, but 2019 has been something different entirely. The Productivity Commission and Royal Commission ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... executive George Frazis. 5. Grandfathered commissions to be banned Hot on the heels of the Royal Commission's final report, in early February Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg declared grandfathered commissions would be banned from 1 January 2021. ...

ASIC takes action against TAL over RC case

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... customer had received for depression. According to case study notes in the second volume of the Commission's final report, the customer failed to disclose her prior history with the mental illness. The customer answered "no" when asked by TAL whether ...

AMP cuts ongoing advice agreements

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... culture that put clients first. "With that backdrop, AMP is working hard to implement the recommendations of the Final Report of the Royal Commission," Wade said at the committee. "We now start our internal meetings with a shared 'client moment' ...

ASIC bans direct life cold calling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... unfair consumer outcomes. The regulator noted its action follows through on recommendation 4.1 of the Royal Commission final report to ban the hawking of life insurance products. "ASIC will intervene to stop practices that lead to poor consumer outcomes ...

Afterpay slides in global fintech rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... ordering an audit of its compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act (AML/CTF), with a final report due later this month. At the time Afterpay said it welcomed the opportunity to continue to work constructively and closely ...

Retirement income under review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... appropriate incentives for self-provision in retirement. A consultation paper will be released in November, with a final report due to the government by June 2020. The review will aim to establish a "fact base" of the existing retirement income system ...

One regulatory regime enough: FSC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... Hayne's philosophy that financial services law be simplified. "This is consistent with the philosophy expressed in the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry," the FSC said. ...

CFS slashes trail commissions on some funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... treasurer Josh Frydenberg, who last month introduced legislation to end them by 2021. The banking Royal Commission's final report made a recommendation against grandfathered commissions, which ASIC has listed as a priority in its corporate plan released ...

Peak bodies respond to government roadmap

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... legislative changes were announced. "Banks are well down the track of implementing recommendations" it said, since the final report was handed down six months ago. All six changes to the Banking Code in the recommendations are underway, with five of ...