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Royal Commission invite refused by Dover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... matters, McMaster said he did. "Do you accept reviewing statements of advice prepared by financial advisers is not legal work as that phrase is ordinarily understood?" Costello asked. "Yes. Well, actually, it's interesting, because they're assessing ...

High profile adviser under fire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
The Royal Commission heard how Fair Work commissioner Donna McKenna received inappropriate financial advice from Sam Henderson, chief executive and senior financial adviser at Henderson Maxwell. McKenna sought financial advice from Henderson in late- ...

AMP executive 'apologises' for advice failings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
AMP's group executive, advice and New Zealand used his appearance at the Royal Commission public hearing to apologise on behalf of the group for failings in the provision of financial advice. In questioning AMP group executive, advice and New Zealand ...

CBA advice failures unacceptable: Comyn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... For No Service in October 2016 identified the major financial institutions' systemic failures in this area, and called for fair compensation to be paid to customers who did not receive the advice reviews that they were promised and paid for." "This enforceable ...

Royal Commission seeks further disclosure over financial misconduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... held to the highest critical standards and culture. It must also grow by meeting the needs of its users - especially the fair treatment of consumers in that the system should perform the way consumers are led to expect or believe. Hayne foresees that ...

Spring FG exec transfers to risk advisory firm as part of new partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... adviser clients. The terms of the arrangement will include Fairbridge paying Spring FG a portion of advice, insurance commission and renewal fees, along with a cash payment of $1.8 million. A second payment of $360,000 will also be made subject to renewal ...

Xenophon team introduce unpaid super Bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... that's aligning super guarantee payments to the wage cycle, abolishing the monthly $450 threshold, and granting the Fair Work Ombudsman greater power to recoup unpaid super has been introduced in Parliament. Rebekha Sharkie, federal member for Mayo ...

Financial services leaders push for marriage equality

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... discrimination, also allows all employees to function at their best," the letter stated. "Not only is marriage equality the only truly fair option, it is also a sound economic option given, that a happy workforce is a productive one. To remain competitive ...

Suncorp Tower takeover denied by competition watchdog

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... Zealand's personal insurance market would result from Suncorp's takeover of Tower has led to the New Zealand Commerce Commission denying the proposed merger. In a statement commission chairman Mark Berry cited numerous concerns for declining the acquisition ...

Super associations unite to warn against 'political panel'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... of politicisation, but is highly unlikely to have the judicial and legislative controls that regulate the Fair Work Commission," AIST said in its submission. "We submit that the risks of political interference and industry lobbying in the tender process ...