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Royal Commission challenges super regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... questioned why ASIC hasn't commenced civil penalty proceedings against NAB. Hodge said ASIC fell short in dealing with ANZ and CBA in relation to offering superannuation products at the conclusion of a personal financial questionnaire. Based on these ...

Life insurers take the Royal Commission stand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... lawyers highlighting several instances where corporate and superannuation law was breached by retail superannuation funds at CBA, NAB, AMP and others. The Commission also flagged it would examine the current regulatory regime for the insurance industry ...

Retail super funds in hot water: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
Retail superannuation funds at CBA, NAB, AMP and other institutions could face criminal charges after the Royal Commission's team of lawyers highlighted several instances where corporate and superannuation law was breached. The closing submission ...

Aussie instos back world-first blockchain bond

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... Commonwealth Bank and the World Bank. First State Super, NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), Treasury Corporation of Victoria, CBA, QBE and SAFA signed on as the foundational investors of bond-i. Bond-i has raised $110 million, including the above-mentioned ...

Foreign owners take over life insurance: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... market share, up from 41.4% in 2014. This was driven largely by Nippon Life Japan acquiring 80% of MLC Life Insurance in 2015. CBA sold 100% of its Australian and New Zealand life insurance businesses to AIA Group for $3.8 billion. The sale of CommInsure ...

ASIC defends enforceable undertakings at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... leader in ASIC's financial services enforcement division. He was grilled over the regulator's disciplinary action on CBA, ANZ and Westpac. The discussion related to July 6 this year when CBA and ANZ entered enforceable undertakings with ASIC ...

Intra-fund advice conflicted: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... Linda Elkins' testimony yesterday. Senior counsel assisting Michael Hodge continued to flesh out why CFS, a subsidiary of CBA, mishandled transitioning members to MySuper products over a long and messy process. Chun was grilled on intra-fund advice ...

ANZ grilled over Smart Choice sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... Pankhurst was questioned by Senior Counsel Assisting Michael Hodge about the process customers are sold ANZ's Smart Choice Super product. Typically, branch staff conduct an A to Z review of the customer's financial situation as well as their ...

Poor systems delay MySuper transitions: CFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... An article, published in a national newspaper, exposed how bank-linked retail funds generated low returns on cash options. CBA was deemed "unhappy" with the article and was prompted to conduct an internal analysis of its different cash options. Twelve ...

Fees for no service remediation passes $250 million

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... Updating the financial services industry and consumers on its oversight of fees for no service remediation, ASIC said AMP, ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westpac have now paid or offered customers $222.3 million in refunds and interest for failing to provide advice ...