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TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... result for the country's major insurers. CommInsure experienced the largest decline in customers leaving as the sixth round of the Royal Commission unfolded in September 2018. Strategic Insights found that only two life insurers posted outflows in ...

Andrew Hagger to lead investment, philanthropy group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... of chief customer officer of consumer banking and wealth management. His departure followed his appearance at the fifth round of the Royal Commission in August. Commenting on his appointment, Hagger said: "I look forward to working with the team and ...

Grandfathered commissions: Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... model. The association's submission was highlighted by Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr in her summation of the final round, stating: "Only the Association of Financial Advisers is wholly opposed to ending grandfathered commissions."

Industry dubious about one regulatory body: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... hand and commence proceedings against IOOF in the Federal Court of Australia. APRA chair Wayne Byres recently told the last round of the Royal Commission that the prudential regulator is still uncertain in how it will enforce the Banking Executive Accountability ...

Superannuation fund comparison tool launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... and do better. Roll-it Super raised $250,000 via convertible notes in October and will consider a further capital-raising round in early to mid-2019 to help it scale. The platform also provides a financial literacy and rewards programs.

AMP replaces Regan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... retiring with the best wishes of everyone at AMP, he added. Regan appeared as part of the Royal Commission's second round looking into the financial advice sector. In testifying, Regan admitted misconduct within AMP's advice business, including ...

Industry Super Australia chair steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
Former Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary and former Federal Government minister Greg Combet will become the new chair of Industry Super Australia today. Combet will replace Peter Collins in the top role as the latter steps down to fulfil ...

New Zealand reviews life insurance commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
New Zealand life insurers are paying the highest commissions to financial advisers in the world and the nation's Reserve Bank is concerned about the conduct risk it is creating. According to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's latest Financial Stability ...

APRA grilled over superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... and the documents and saying, 'this is a robust framework.' But then on the other hand, it comes to this year and after round five [at the Commission] and you're looking at an actual outcome of the application of those processes and identifying that ...

Social media reacts to final Royal Commission hearings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
As the final round of Royal Commission hearings drew to a close this week, commentators took to twitter to have their say on the commission's outcomes, efforts of counsel assisting and performances of bank executives in the hot seat. #BankingRoyalCommision ...