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Industry funds wary of stapling default members

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
Kenneth Hayne's recommendation that every Australian have only one default superannuation account over their lifetime doesn't get a complete green tick from industry funds. Visiting Sydney yesterday, Industry Super Australia chief executive Bernie Dean ...

Mainstream board loses former ASIC executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
A former ASIC senior executive resigned from the board of Mainstream Group. The firm has also released its half-year financial results. Financial services veteran Lucienne Layton will step down from her role as non-executive director on 15 March to ...

Sunsuper merges with corporate super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
IAG & NRMA Superannuation Plan will merge with Sunsuper. IAG & NRMA Superannuation Plan chair David McClatchy told members in a letter that following a review, the trustee concluded the fund could no longer operate as a standalone corporate superannuation ...

Grandfathered commissions deadline challenging: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
The removal of grandfathered commissions by 2021 is not as simple as it sounds, according to the Association of Financial Advisers. Acknowledging the recommendation and subsequent announcement of a deadline for removal by Government was inevitable ...

Superannuation to face BEAR: Hayne

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
The Banking Executive Accountability Regime should be extended to superannuation. This is one of nine recommendations for the superannuation sector Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has pushed for in his final report released overnight. The BEAR came into ...

Grandfathered commissions to be banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Grandfathered commissions will be banned from 1 January 2021. Responding to the release of the Royal Commission's final report, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has confirmed the payment of grandfathered commissions will be outlawed. Further, from 1 January ...

Ongoing service arrangements should be tightened: Hayne

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
An overhaul of ongoing fee arrangements has been recommended by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne to combat fees for no service conduct. The final report of the Royal Commission has recommended ongoing fee arrangements should be renewed annually by clients. ...

Former adviser steals $5m from clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
A former financial adviser is facing a lengthy jail term after pleading guilty to the theft of close to $5 million in client funds. Former Adelaide financial adviser James Gibbs appeared before the Adelaide Magistrates Court last Friday charged with ...

Commonwealth FP fails to meet EU obligations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Hours before the final report from the Royal Commission goes public, Commonwealth Financial Planning has been ordered by ASIC to stop charging ongoing service fees. It is also barred from entering any new ongoing service arrangements with customers. ...

Mercer names new people and culture lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
Mercer has appointed a new people and culture leader for the region; meanwhile Yolanda Beattie has exited as the lead for diversity and inclusion practice. Gaye Morris will lead a workforce of 2000 in Australia and New Zealand, bringing 20 years' ...