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Super stability not guaranteed: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... requirements of APRA's member outcomes regime. The firm noted the Government would also implement most of Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's recommendations from the Royal Commission, adding another layer of change to the sector. "While the industry would ...

APRA to boost staff numbers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... prevention as our primary goal." Byres also noted the cases referred to the prudential regulator by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne would continue to be assessed, but do not carry civil or criminal penalty provisions directly. "We continue to gather evidence ...

Government bans superannuation funds treating employers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
New legislation has put an end to trustees incentivising employers to appoint them as their default superannuation fund. Part of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation Measures No 1) Bill 2019 bans ...

Banks push to leave vertical integration on the table

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... Australia's banks should be able to return to the model in the future, should they wish to. Despite Commissioner Kenneth Hayne specifically recommending against it, Hanson's bill would force Australia's banks to jettison the vertical integration model ...

Financial advice exit a boon for the industry: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... Financial Group as a standalone division. In handing down the banking Royal Commission final report, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne stopped short of dismantling vertical integration. Hayne said the forced separation of financial advice and companies that ...

APRA receives new super powers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
The prudential regulator's powers have been bolstered thanks to new laws that will enable it to take tougher action on trustees and underperforming funds. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation ...

Budget: RC response to cost over $600m

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... new independent authority set to oversee their conduct over the next three years, as recommended by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne. The Budget also reveals APRA's capability review - which Hayne insisted the Government carry out "as soon as reasonably practicable" ...

Treasury proposes standardised default insurance definitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's push to have standardised terms and definitions for group insurance is open for consultation until April 26. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is taking recommendation 4.13 from the Royal Commission's final report further by determining ...

Frydenberg takes action on banning grandfathered commissions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
Consultation is now open for the Federal Government's response to Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's recommendation that grandfathered conflicted remuneration should be eliminated. The new regulation proposes financial product manufacturers to pass on to ...

ClearView defends risk advice commissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
ClearView is countering Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's recommendation to reduce or eliminate commissions financial advisers earn from life insurance products. It is "way too early," ClearView wrote in an email to advisers, to consider tinkering with ...