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Qantas Super chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... Victoria. Prior to becoming a professional director, she was a commercial lawyer for 28 years and was NAB's general counsel for Australia between December 2005 and February 2011. The board named two new members as company-appointed directors designate ...

Treasury initiates review post RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced an immediate review into how financial counselling services are funded and co-ordinated. Financial counselling services are provided by the Department of Social Services with a commitment that totals $64 ...

Freedom Insurance suspends trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... Commission exposed unethical sales practices whereby Freedom sold life insurance policies to an intellectually disabled man. Counsel assisting Rowena Orr said Freedom may have engaged in unconscionable conduct for selling policies to vulnerable customers. ...

AMP Capital starts new team, appoints two leads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... overseen $3 billion of equity investments deployed for the company. Sandys initially joined as a New Zealand-based legal counsel and moved into an investment role in AMP Capital's infrastructure in 2016. The new team will provide solutions like fund ...

Will the PC recommendations fall through the cracks?

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... form policy for both the Government and Opposition going into the May election, Steffanoni said. Baker McKenzie special counsel Alan Darwin says some of the recommendations are uncontroversial and could be implemented reasonably quickly and require no ...

Platform fee disclosures overlooked: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
Industry Super Australia welcomed ASIC's proposed fee transparency disclosure changes but pointed out that several areas fell short and failed to address ongoing issues. In response to Consultation Paper 308, ISA said one of Darren McShane's ...

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... challenges to its jurisdiction and failed to provide information requested that breached FOS' terms of reference, counsel assisting Rowena Orr said. Meanwhile, other life insurers reported positive inflows. TAL (4.9%), Zurich (3.7%), Suncorp (2%) ...

Ten stories that defined the Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... received inappropriate financial advice from Sam Henderson, the chief executive of Henderson Maxwell. On the same day, counsel assisting Rowena Orr grilled FPA chief Dante De Gori over its handling of a compliant letter it received from McKenna in July ...

Shareholders put NAB board in the hot seat

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... shareholder said, adding if it takes 10 years then "something is wrong with the board and senior management." In response to counsel assisting Rowena Orr's question about what NAB is doing to embed new culture, Henry listed initiatives that include ...

Grandfathered commissions: Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... submission to the Royal Commission in favour of keeping the model. The association's submission was highlighted by Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr in her summation of the final round, stating: "Only the Association of Financial Advisers is wholly ...