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Give life code a chance, Loane tells Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... using "a sledgehammer to crack a nut." Appearing before the financial services Royal Commission on the final day of its Round Six hearings into insurance, Loane said the FSC would like the second iteration of its life insurance code to be given a chance ...

Frydenberg appoints second APRA deputy chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... questioned whether APRA and ASIC adequately addressed the problematic cultures of superannuation fund providers in his fifth round submission paper. After the superannuation round of hearings, Hodge said he doubted the approaches adopted by APRA and ...

ASIC takes Dover, McMaster to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... different iterations of the policy, which was provided to about 11,000 clients during that time. Appearing at the second round of Royal Commission hearings earlier this year, McMaster was criticised for implementing the policy which counsel assisting ...

Hagger to depart NAB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... NSW premier and current chief customer officer, corporate and institutional banking, Mike Baird. Appearing at the fifth round of Royal Commission hearings last month, Hagger testified to NAB charging fees for no service and being insincere to ASIC as ...

ClearView breached anti-hawking law 300k times

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
The sixth round of the financial services Royal Commission heard ClearView's direct life insurance business breached anti-hawking provisions up to 303,000 times. The figure has ballooned from the 278,664 originally reported to the Commission, according ...

Life insurers admit to misconduct: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... misconduct in the life insurance industry and where conduct fell below community standards and expectations. Opening the sixth round of Royal Commission hearings, counsel assisting Rowena Orr laid bare instances of misconduct as revealed in submissions ...

Life insurer undertakes strategic review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... and loan protection. It is closely linked to boutique dealer group, Spectrum Wealth Advisers. Freedom will face the sixth round of the Royal Commission, commencing next week.

Trustees caught in a balancing act

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... exercise a degree of care, skill and diligence, as well as act in the members' best interests. In opening the fifth round of the Royal Commission on August 6, counsel assisting Michael Hodge urged Commissioner Kenneth Hayne to examine: "What happens ...

APRA to reopen old wounds for CBA, IOOF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... into superannuation that mainly involve IOOF, CBA and Suncorp. In response to the preliminary findings concluding the fifth round, APRA said the Commission unearthed new information that posed serious compliance questions not in accordance with the Superannuation ...

Adviser, Practice of the Year finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... as finalists in 2017, Rising Tide Financial Services' Sam Jewell and Announcer's Andrew Debono reached the final round again, while Zella's Ryan Skeen will also vie for the title. "We are delighted to be able to recognise some of the best ...