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CFS and a messy MySuper transition

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Colonial First State's messy MySuper transition came under the Royal Commission's lens on Tuesday. Taking the witness box, Colonial First State executive general manager Linda Elkins told the Commission CFS initially failed to transition 13,000 members ...

Suncorp suppressed tax benefits to super members

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
The Hayne Royal Commission put the spotlight on obscure administration fees and intra-company arrangements, as well as tax benefits superannuation funds are withholding from members. Suncorp was in the hot seat this morning, represented by Maurizio ...

NAB initially under-reported remediation bill to ASIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
NAB initially reported a compensation bill of about $22 million less than what it actually owed to customers for plan service fees, as the corporate regulator was capping off a report on the matter in late 2016. By 24 October 2016, NAB's estimated plan ...

NAB complicated plan service fee issue: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
NAB Wealth failed to make its plan service fee issue easy to solve, the Royal Commission heard today. Counsel assisting Michael Hodge suggested to NAB chief customer officer and former group executive of NAB Wealth Andrew Hagger that the bank's ...

NAB CEO apologises over super failures

HARRISON WORLEY, DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
National Australia Bank chief executive Andrew Thorburn took to social media yesterday to apologise on behalf of the group's 34,000 staff for failures identified at the financial services Royal Commission. Speaking about confronting allegations ...

IOOF executives dismiss conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
IOOF left some superannuation members in expensive legacy products despite board members recognising conflicts of interest existed in choosing to boost revenues over meeting "community expectations." The financial services Royal Commission continued ...

We have won the battle, not the war: AustralianSuper CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk told the Royal Commission the industry super Fox in the Henhouse campaign helped win the battle, but the war continues over default superannuation arrangements. The chief executive of Australia's largest ...

Conflict of interest too great for NULIS: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
Conflicts of interest between NULIS and NAB Wealth were too great for the superannuation trustee to manage, the Royal Commission has heard today. Counsel assisting Michael Hodge suggested to former NULIS chair Nicole Smith the trustee "simply couldn't ...

MLC MySuper investment budget was tight-fisted: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
NULIS Nominees resisted increasing its spend on investment management, despite opinions from its super fund portfolio manager and asset consultant that its current investment fee budget wasn't adequate to boost the performance of its lagging MLC ...

NAB compensation delays hopelessly conflicted: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
NAB found itself in a "hopelessly conflicted" situation by delaying the process of compensating members charged fees for no service in order to maintain profit levels, the third day of the Royal Commission's inquiry into superannuation heard. This ...