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NAB pays $6.5m to resolve advice complaints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... initiative, NAB said the uplift in payments to customers reflects a significant investment by NAB to improve its capacity to investigate and resolve customer complaints. Since NAB's last update on its customer response initiative in October 2015 it has ...

ASIC bans fraudulent adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... trader." ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said: "Dishonesty by any financial adviser will not be tolerated by ASIC. We will investigate and prosecute instances of dishonesty to ensure that consumers have confidence in the financial system." On 26 August ...

Rethinking risk through goals-based investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
With the retirement income debate reaching an industry fever pitch, Alex Burke investigates a new approach to portfolio construction that aims to manage both sequence and longevity risk simultaneously. If you ask industry consultant John Wiseman, the ...

Storm Financial investor slams court decision

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... personal circumstances and failed to give such consideration to the subject matter of the advice and did not properly investigate the subject matter of the advice given." Furthermore, it was concluded that directors Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis were ...

Industry fund inks MetLife mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... product offering. "The reviews are making good progress, though given the size of the business, and our determination to investigate thoroughly, work remains ongoing. To date we haven't found evidence to substantiate any of the claims of widespread problems ...

ASIC determines Aussie equity market "mostly clean"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
ASIC has found in a new report that 95% of listed equity trades on the market "exhibited no (or negligible) anomalous trading patterns" ahead of material announcements from November 2014 to October 2015. The regulator's Review of Australian equity market ...

SMSFs warrant PC review inclusion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... perceptual - may be influencing member behaviour." In its 325-page draft report, the Commission says it will also investigate where differences arise when members move into retirement and go from paying some tax on fund earnings to zero tax. "The Commission ...

Foreign investment bound for South Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... wider budget initiatives. The portal, AgInsight South Australia, was launched in August 2015 and allows investors to investigate commodity opportunities by integrating critical information such as past and potential yields, soil characteristics, climate ...

CommInsure appoints independent review expert

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... out independent of CommInsure, the CommInsure Board and the Commonwealth Bank." In addition, law firm DLA Piper will investigate ethical issues within CommInsure which were alleged in media coverage of the recent claims scandal. CBA's insurance arm has ...

Narev defends CommInsure record, wrote to five customers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
CBA chief executive Ian Narev has defended his company's life insurance arm in a letter to Senator Chris Ketter, noting he wrote to five affected customers recently. Referencing CBA's submission to the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny ...