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ANZ dragged its heels on adviser misconduct

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... former chief executive of ANZ-aligned RI Advice told the Royal Commission the group took "too long to act" on adviser misconduct. Darren Whereat discussed the case study of former RI Advice authorised representative John Doyle with Senior Counsel Assisting ...

Westpac obscured bad adviser reference check

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The Royal Commission found Westpac downplayed the gravity of former financial adviser Andrew Smith's misconduct not only to the regulator but with another licensee he was joining. Smith commenced as a financial adviser with Westpac subsidiary St George ...

ROYAL COMMISSION: Top stories

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... stories to come out of the first week of the Royal Commission's inquiry into financial advice. AMP admits to serious misconduct in RC submissions AMP acknowledged hundreds of instances of misconduct in relation to the provision of financial advice between ...

Government ramps up ASIC powers

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... In light of the Royal Commission, the Turnbull Government has increased criminal and civil penalties for corporate misconduct and boosted ASIC's surveillance powers. Treasurer Scott Morrison and Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer ...

Royal Commission must be extended: FSU

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... financial services sector is calling for an extension of the financial services Royal Commission, as revelations of misconduct continue to arise from the inquiry. The Finance Sector Union said the inquiries of Commissioner Kenneth Hayne should not be ...

Meller to leave AMP immediately

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... AMP effective immediately. AMP has announced Meller will leave the role in the wake of financial advice failings and misconduct brought to light by the Royal Commission. AMP non-executive director and former IAG chief executive Mike Wilkins has been ...

ASIC totally unprepared for advice reforms: Tynan

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... if the Royal Commission has made anything clear, it's that ASIC is in the dark about how to police financial advice misconduct. Speaking to Financial Standard, Tynan said the key issue is that ASIC is part of a club which only hears its own noise. He ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 1 - 3)

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... evidence where AMP asked outgoing chief executive Craig Meller to be removed from Clayton Utz's independent report about misconduct in AMP's advice business. AMP charged clients fees for 90 days after they had been moved into a BOLR pool.It also allegedly ...

Former Suncorp adviser banned

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... client funds for personal and business expenses, to the tune of $1,951,000. The bans arrive as the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry hears damning evidence of deliberate practices in Australia's ...

Why wait for Royal Commission to address trust?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... FINSIA chief executive officer and managing director Chris Whitehead, the findings demonstrate the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry is redundant; with consumers already firm in the belief ...