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Government commits to Quality of Advice Review in current form

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... licensees, technology providers, life insurers and consumer groups. Of the submissions, 18 are confidential. The final report from the review is expected to be handed down on December 16.

NAB evades AUSTRAC fine for non-compliance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... discussions with the bank. Additionally, an independent auditor will report to AUSTRAC annually on the bank's progress, a final report will be ready by March 2025. AUSTRAC chief executive Nicole Rose said the enforceable undertaking aimed to ensure NAB ...

Mixed reviews for advice industry reviewer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
... services, life insurance and superannuation law throughout her career, will take the helms of the long-awaited review. A final report will be handed to the government on December 16. Johnston sees the release of the QAR's final report as "delay tactics". ...

Legal expert to lead QAR

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... industry," the terms of reference suggest. The QAR will also re-assess the state of life insurance commissions. The final report will be provided to the government by December 16.

ASIC considering more action on Sterling collapse

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... action with respect to the collapse of the Sterling Income Trust. A senate committee that recently handed down its final report in its inquiry into the collapse of the Sterling Income Trust is urging ASIC to take more action in a bid to protect consumers. ...

Proposed reforms could simplify advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... Advice Review in 2022, the ALRC anticipates that it will consider the findings before making recommendations in its final report due 20 November 2023. Stakeholders can voice their feedback and concerns until 25 February 2022. The ALRC's second interim ...

AFCA must improve transparency: Hume

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... transparent when dealing with complainants and providing the reasoning behind its decisions. Senator Jane Hume's final report made 14 recommendations, all of which AFCA said it "agrees with in principle". One recommendation is for the authority to provide ...

BTC Markets adds to advisory board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... board, hiring from ASX and Tyro. David Raper and Garry Duursma joined the advisory board following the release of the final report of the Parliamentary Committee on Australia as a Technology Centre. Raper spent the last 15 years at ASX originally joining ...

FASEA to reword Standard 3

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... services," he said. "Standard 3 also seems to go beyond the recommendations of the Banking Royal Commission. In his final report, Commissioner Hayne posed the question: "Is there more that could be done to manage those conflicts better?"

CBA pleads guilty to selling junk insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... 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 insurance by 11 ...