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Cost savings, RC boost digital advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... over the period, particularly during key milestones of the Royal Commission. In December 2017 when Commissioner Kenneth Hayne was appointed, the solution saw 1707 digital advice sessions. The following January following the initial public hearing, it ...

APRA floats insurance in super change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... 250 Insurance in Superannuation (SPS 250), responding directly to two of the recommendations of Royal Commissioner Kenneth Hayne. The proposals were outlined in a letter to industry stakeholders today, and include requiring super funds to independently ...

Spotlight on super welcomed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... a 'default once' framework to prevent unintended multiple accounts, as recommended by both Commissioner Kenneth Hayne and the recent Productivity Commission review of superannuation, and legislating an obligation for trustees to consider the ...

Support staff should meet FASEA standards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... Commission report that apply to advice. When it comes to life insurance advice, Ashenden explained Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's recommendation that ASIC is due to review life insurance advice in 2021 and the regulator should conduct that review. Hayne ...

One regulatory regime enough: FSC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
The Financial Services Council echoed the advice of Commissioner Kenneth Hayne in its call for a "significant" simplification of the regulatory system for tax and financial advisers. In a submission to the independent review of the Tax Practitioner's ...

Frydenberg flags new advice disciplinary system

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... implementation roadmap released today. Revealing how the government will tackle the 76 recommendations made by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne in his landmark report into misconduct in Australia's financial services system, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said ...

On track: APRA reveals RC progress

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... months. The two regulators most responsible for overseeing the financial services industry were lambasted by the Commissioner in his final report, with Hayne calling for regular capability reviews and information sharing "to the maximum extent practicable". ...

Unfair contract terms extended to insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... In recommendation 4.7, the application of unfair contract terms provisions to insurance contracts, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne said there was no reason to exempt insurance contracts from UCTs where it is appropriate for financial products and services ...

ASIC warns trustees on employer inducements

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... decision-making is critical to addressing potential consumer harms, Press said. One sticking point for Commissioner Kenneth Hayne at the time was that s68A did not go far enough in preventing "treating" employers, and called for a civil penalty provision ...

Final nail in the coffin for grandfathered commissions

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... paid on existing investments. However, ending the payment of such commissions was a key recommendation in Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's final report on the Royal Commission released in February which made 76 recommendations that the government agreed ...