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AFA to launch investigation into adviser misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... every day to do the right thing for their clients, but there are those that don't," she said. "You do have to respect the privacy and rights of the individual advisers but I think the AFA has a role to play in this because I don't know all the bad advisers ...

Digital assets overlooked in estate planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... understanding presents potential problems for individuals and businesses, particularly given the terms of service and privacy policies of content providers and lack of unified legislation in the area, the report said. Charles Sturt University finance ...

AI to influence consumer trust: Medcraft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... being at record lows, and how increased availability and use of personal data will further impact this. "The big issue is privacy - it has enormous potential to impact trust. There is real risk around how data is stored, used and shared with others against ...

Foreign trust disclosures overhauled in NZ

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... Papers' which exposed NZ's trust regime as a tax haven. He said NZ foreign trusts have been favoured due to the level of privacy and security. Woodward said when a foreign trust is formed in NZ it must now register with NZ government department Inland ...

Adviser appeals ASIC ban

EMMA RAPAPORT, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... conduct to obtain life insurance for a client who was otherwise unlikely to obtain it; and committed a serious breach of privacy involving a number of client records. While Tindall is an authorised representative of Synchron, at the time of the incident ...

NAB admits data bungle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... statement made on 16 December 2016, NAB executive general manager, international branches Peter Coad said: "We take the privacy and the protection of our customers' personal information extremely seriously. We also take full responsibility and we sincerely ...

Insurers to battle big data privacy concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... data presents a boon for insurers doing customer risk analysis, the benefits will have to be weighed against ongoing user privacy and discrimination issues. This is one of the key findings of the Actuaries Institutes' latest green paper, which argued ...

Cbus Royal Commission findings impact industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
... information on Lis-Con's employees from Superpartners in order to pass that information on to the CFMEU in breach of the Privacy Act and the company's contracts with members. In doing so they used their position to gain an advantage for Brian Parker ...

Cbus responds to Royal Commission allegations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... procedures. It appointed KPMG to investigate the extent to which there have been improper disclosures; revised the Cbus privacy policy and procedures; and undertook additional training of employees," Cbus' submission said. Counsel Assisting allege Atkin ...

Cbus faces serious industry problems with super payments

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... commissioned by the industry super fund following issues raised in the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) concerning a breach of privacy provisions by Cbus staff. Professor Graeme Samuel and Robert Van Woerkom conducted the review and made six key findings ...