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AMP faces fresh class action

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... from AMP Financial Planning, Charter Financial Planning or Hillross Financial Services. The action will be filed in the Federal Court of Australia.

Surplus may not be as advertised: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... Forum, Grattan Institute budget policy and institutional reform program director Danielle Wood explained the much touted federal government surplus may not be all it was cracked up to be. Wood focused on an economic outlook from a policy perspective ...

ISA demands pull Combet from ME Bank

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... "Greg's commitment to our customers and our purpose, informed through his background of public service during his time as a federal government minister and leader of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, has been of significant value to ME Bank ...

Push for more foreign investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... urged the Australian government to remain committed to the SIV program and to strengthen incentives for applicants. "The federal government's recognition of the value and contribution that our new migrants make is critical to encouraging ongoing investment ...

Calls for review of advice regulation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... in July 2018 after a review determined it to be no longer financially viable. In its submission, CPA noted the myriad federal acts advisers were required to comply with, including the Corporations Act, Tax Agent Services Act, National Consumer Credit ...

AMP to pay $5m for churn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
The Federal Court has ordered AMP to pay $5.175 million for failing to ensure its financial advisers complied with the best interests duty by engaging in insurance churn. In a case brought in June 2018, ASIC alleged that a number of AMP Financial Planning ...

SG increase means lower wages: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... the institute's new No free lunch report, higher super translates to lower wages. Using administrative data from 80,000 federal workplace agreements made from 1991 to 2018, Grattan's report shows around 80% of the cost of increases to super were passed ...

Westpac facing new class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... currently facing 23 million alleged breaches of anti-money laundering and counter terrorism laws with AUSTRAC applying to the Federal Court seeking civil penalty orders against Westpac.

Amish community scammed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... within your own faith-based community." The SEC's complaint charges Riehl with violating the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. Riehl has agreed to settle the charges against him. The settlement, which is subject to court approval ...

Frydenberg takes RC super advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
The federal government has released a tranche of draft legislation implementing much of the recommendations of the Royal Commission, including banning directors of RSEs to hold any other roles and prohibiting trustees from charging advice fees in MySuper ...