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AustralianSuper PYS fee under scrutiny again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... "better method" than sending a press release. Bragg then asked about the report ASIC was undertaking following the Royal Commission on "inducements" and how super funds entice businesses to choose them as a default fund for employees. "There has been ...

Statewide overhauls risk management approach

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
Statewide Super has hit the refresh button on its approach to risk, prompted by COVID-19 and the Royal Commission. The funds recently appointed chief risk officer, Jason Muir said his goal is to refresh the industry fund's approach to risk in a post-COVID-19 ...

Regtech adds to advisory board

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... growing compliance obligation are delivered efficiently and most importantly; with the quality it deserves. "The Royal Commission has created these necessary obligations and technology advancements are at a point where automation through cloud services ...

Advisers switch platforms amid pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... switched between various investment platforms in their search for better service and support in the wake of the Royal Commission and COVID-19 pandemic. Investment Trends' 2020 Planner Technology Report found that 29% of financial advisers stopped placing ...

ANZ accused of paying hush money on BBSW scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... said. Levitt Robinson said the case will be a test of the new whistleblower protections brought in after the Royal Commission. An ANZ spokesperson said: "Mr Alexiou was dismissed in 2015 for significant breaches of company policies and we will be defending ...

Colonial First State cops licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... effective immediately. The regulator's decision follows an investigation into matters referred to it by the Royal Commission in February 2019. The Royal Commission formed the view that CFSIL's decisions not to bring the migration of certain cohorts ...

Super for women under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... from to pay for the coaching services. This seems like vertically integrated financial planning services pre-Royal Commission with no commissions or fees to be disclosed to the consumer," she said. "At least if a consumer went to a bank or AMP-aligned ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... Ferrari's criticism of litigation funding and class actions, as AMP continues to battle lawsuits sparked by the Royal Commission. Slater and Gordon head of class actions Ben Hardwick has labelled AMP "arrogant" and accused its chief executive of having ...

AMP approved product list under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... Andrew Leigh questioned AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari on how the institution has changed since the Royal Commission. Leigh acknowledged that AMP was hit hard by the Royal Commission, saying: "You used to trade over $5, now you trade below ...

AFA, FPA share bleak view of industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... advisers out of 23,000 had completed the exam recently - and about 1000 of those had not passed. He defined the Royal Commission reforms as getting financial advisers over "basic" hurdles of professionalism. De Gori pointed out the exam was delayed by ...