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Claims of wrongdoing have no basis: IOOF

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
IOOF managing director Christopher Kelaher has told a Senate committee today that claims of widespread wrongdoing at the company have no basis of fact. "I'm confident that I can confirm to you and the broader community that the company has an extremely ...

Property bubble debate heats up

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... prices: "When you look at the housing price bubble evidence, it's unequivocally the case in Sydney," he told a Senate committee, and added that this was "certainly the case in higher priced areas in Melbourne." Fraser joined the Australian Prudential ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... the chief executives of Macquarie Group, National Australia Bank and Commonwealth Bank are due to appear before Senate committee inquiry into financial advice services. Rio Tinto and Oil Search are slated to post first quarter production reports. Leighton ...

Government says no to CBA Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... legitimate issues for aggrieved CBA customers." It welcomed the fact that "ASIC has responded positively to the Senate Committee's report" and that it has agreed to establish an Office of the Whistleblower to improve the way it deals with whistleblowers. ...

Claims against advice arm have no factual basis: Macquarie

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... Wealth." Macquarie has argued that it has been working with ASIC "to resolve all its matters of concern." But the Senate Committee questioned the effectiveness of the Macquarie EU with the regulator. "Given that ASIC did not, until recently, fully understand ...

CBA unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... consumer complaints and business that they are writing. "We've done the hard work," Perkovic said. However, the Senate Committee holds a different view on how far CBA has moved on. "If these changes have indeed taken place and produce the intended result ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... 1,100 customers who lost savings as a result of fraudulent and misleading behaviour by financial advisers. A Senate committee last week called for a royal commission into the scandal. Among resources stocks, Rio Tinto gained 32 cents to $62.32, BHP Billiton ...

Government still mulling response on Senate report

LAURA MILLAN AND AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... amount of risk. "It's a question of getting the balance right and that is why we are going to carefully study the Senate committee report," the prime minister told reporters in Melbourne. The government has already commissioned a review of the financial ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... 1,100 customers who lost savings as a result of fraudulent and misleading behaviour by financial advisers. A Senate committee last week called for a royal commission into the scandal. Among resources stocks, Rio Tinto gained 32 cents to $62.32, BHP Billiton ...

CBA opens up compensation review to all advice clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... the program that we are announcing today and the approach that we are taking today is the right response to the senate committee inquiry." The Open Advice Review program will re-evaluate the advice given to clients of Commonwealth Financial Planning ...