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CBA forced to review poor compensation methods

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom will have to reopen compensation processes for more than 4,000 clients after its methods were found to be inconsistent and disadvantaged customers. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Queensland advice firm falls foul of regulator

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... were provided efficiently, honestly and fairly; did not take reasonable steps to ensure that its advisers complied with the law; did ensure adequate resources were available; and did not ensure that authorised representatives were adequately trained ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... pay for this, the Government is re-introducing fuel indexation where every dollar raised by the increases will be linked by law to the road-building budget. This will ensure that there is a stable and growing source of funds to support long-term investment ...

Prime Super will not appoint HIP directors to board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014

ISA and FSC prepare for Federal Court clash

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
A Federal Court face-off between the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) looks likely over the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) involvement in workplace superannuation. The FSC yesterday lodged an application with the Federal ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
The Australian market is set to open lower after Wall Street dropped on concerns about the US tech sector and disappointing earnings from insurance giant AIG. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 25 points ...

New reports to stir financial planning perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... standards of advisers, which has been questioned recently by the polemic changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law and by the Senate inquiry to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The program is expected to unveil ...

NAB and FSC tight-lipped on Hockey meetings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) and National Australia Bank (NAB) have given little away about their involvement in Treasurer Joe Hockey's cash-for-meetings program reported by Fairfax this morning. Both The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age this ...

Virgin Money cops fine for misleading direct insurance ads

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Virgin Money Australia has been forced to pay $30,600 in penalties after some of its advertisements fell foul of the regulator. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) issued three infringement notices for misleading online and television ...