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Consumer advocates criticise advice review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... incentives, appear to have been totally forgotten." For example, Consumer Action Law Centre pointed to the Freedom Insurance case study, in which the company admitted to the Royal Commission that its sales incentives to staff - including commissions ...

Aware Super chief executive named Fund Executive of the Year

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... particular has helped Aware Super's members become more engaged with their super and goals for retirement and is a case study for the industry to follow." Aware Super manages $155 billion on behalf of 1.1 million members and Stewart has served as ...

CBA pleads guilty to selling junk insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... the Federal Court at a later date. CBA's conduct was revealed during the Royal Commission and was the subject of a case study in the final report from Commissioner Hayne. The charges also come after ASIC undertook a review of the sale of consumer credit ...

ASIC sues former Freedom Insurance staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... for included overseas holidays and a Vespa scooter. ASIC is taking action following the Hayne Royal Commission's case study of Freedom Insurance, which is now in liquidation. In one instance, the firm sold life insurance to an intellectually disabled ...

Criminal charges filed against CBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... conduct from CBA that is the subject of these charges was revealed during the Royal Commission and is the subject of a case study in the final report from Commissioner Hayne. This is the second criminal prosecution under consumer protection provision ...

Colonial First State faces penalties for MySuper conduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... letters and is working to complete this as quickly as possible," a spokesperson for the company said. The matter was a case study in the Royal Commission public hearings. Commonwealth Bank sold a 55% stake in CFS to KKR, in a transaction expected to ...

ROA relief guidance released

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... Records of Advice to make the most of the temporary measure. The corporate regulator and FASEA said the guidance and case study they have jointly compiled is to ensure that advisers understand their requirements under the COVID-19 relief measure. For ...

Former Aon Hewitt adviser banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... third-party authorised representatives failed to comply with the Stronger Super reforms. This instance was cited as a case study in the Royal Commission. Under the reforms, a member's accrued default amounts of super were to be transferred to a MySuper ...

Court makes orders in ASIC versus TAL

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... Federal Court yesterday made orders in ASIC's December 2019 case against TAL, which stems from a Royal Commission case study. The matter relates to a TAL income protection customer, who in January 2014 made a claim on her policy after being diagnosed ...

Sam Henderson sentenced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... distributed between 2013 and 2017 as well as in an information memorandum dated May 2011. Henderson was the subject of a case study on bad financial advice at the Royal Commission and was subsequently banned from providing financial services for a period ...