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AMP settles class action for $110m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
AMP has put to bed a class action relating to fee for no service scandals and misleading regulators as exposed by the Royal Commission but claims no responsibility in settling for $110 million. The class action filed in June 2018, affected AMP shareholders ...

ASIC looking to send message with eToro action

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... We know that most people who invest in these products lose their money and that those losses are substantial." After the Royal Commission, the government introduced a comprehensive set of new laws aimed at safeguarding consumers and investors, particularly ...

Trustees to disclose more remuneration details

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... industry and shine a light on the impact of risk failures and bad behaviour on remuneration outcomes. "The financial services Royal Commission demonstrated conclusively how poorly designed and executed remuneration frameworks can lead to bad outcomes ...

Advisers lacking PII sidestep AFCA rulings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... of complaints received by AFCA relating to advice is reflective of the maturity of the industry, in particular post-Hayne Royal Commission," Singh said. "Over the past few years, AFSLs have come to see dispute resolution as an essential part of the system ...

Regulators begin FAR consultation

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... financial institutions. It is intended the FAR will become effective for ADIs six months after the legislation received Royal Assent, while insurance and superannuation entities will have 18 months to prepare. The documents released by APRA and ASIC ...

MA Financial Group expands research team

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... director. Hissey brings over 20 years' experience as an analyst in the mining sector, with roles at Goldman Sachs and the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). In his new Melbourne-based role, Hissey will lead MA Moelis Australia's equities expansion into natural ...

CFS settles super fees class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... identical products with lower fees and where commissions were not paid, but this did not happen until 2019 and 2020. The Royal Commission revealed that since 2013, CFS had paid about $400 million in commissions to financial advisers and their licensees. ...

Ownership changes spur upheaval in unit trust sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023
... institutional investors pulling money out of active fund managers that were subject to structural changes since the Banking Royal Commission. Some of the investment managers with the largest negative net flows were spun out of the large wealth managers ...

Adviser demand up as industry turns corner: Recruiter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... demand is coming from the employers who want to re-adopt the associate adviser role, which was popular prior to the Hayne Royal Commission and FASEA regulations. "We see this client shift as a response to increase capacity to absorb the referrals and ...

Life, funeral insurers cop $14m fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
The disgraced director of Select AFSL, the company the Hayne Royal Commission exposed for hawking life and funeral insurance to vulnerable customers, has been banned from managing a company for five years, while his companies were fined $13.5 million. ...