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Trustees caught in a balancing act

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... opening the fifth round of the Royal Commission on August 6, counsel assisting Michael Hodge urged Commissioner Kenneth Hayne to examine: "What happens when we leave these trustees alone in the dark with our money?" "Can they be trusted to do the right ...

Retail super funds reject MySuper delays

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... the transition of members into cheaper MySuper products. In response to recommendations put forth to Commissioner Kenneth Hayne on August 24, many retail funds denied any wrongdoing in keeping members in products that charged expensive legacy fees instead ...

Royal Commission challenges super regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... Hewitt, Mercer, and Westpac and its subsidiaries not making an appearance, Hodge said it was open to Commissioner Kenneth Hayne if they engaged in misconduct and breached corporations law. Hodge recommended Aon Hewitt may have breached the Corporations ...

Retail super funds in hot water: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... super funds were dominant in the 223-page document. Counsel assisting Michael Hodge said it is open to Commissioner Kenneth Hayne to find that NAB and its two trustees, Nulis Nominees and MLC Nominees, breached the Corporations Act and Superannuation ...

Super funds cop governance grilling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... super fund, including its funding of ISA's fox in the henhouse advertising campaign (see p.13). Commissioner Kenneth Hayne said some of the propositions in play were whether this met the perceived interest of members and the sole purpose test. Beginning ...

Hayne sees red over failed merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne slammed two industry funds for reneging a potential merger that had clear benefits for members after finding executives were worried their roles were on the line. Talks of a serious merger between Catholic Super and the Australian ...

Suncorp suppressed tax benefits to super members

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... calculating that fee payable; and disclosing to members fully what the admin expense will cost them. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne interjected with the possibility that members are being double charged - Pinto was unsure. "If you're not certain of it ...

Conflict of interest too great for NULIS: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... hearings. Returning to the witness stand after NAB's bid to keep some documents secret was rejected by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne, Smith was bombarded with questions arising from documents sent between the corporate regulator and NAB regarding the extent ...

NAB compensation delays hopelessly conflicted: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... definitive decisions about the best course of action of how and when to remediate members. At one point, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne interjected that Smith was simply "sitting on the fence." After ASIC was notified of the compliance breaches, NAB/MLC ...

Fees for no service remediation passes $250 million

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... topic at the fifth round of the Royal Commission this week. Focusing on the superannuation industry, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has been quizzing former NAB and MLC executives about the charging of plan service fees to super members and whether these ...