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Bank-owned advice firm requests ASIC extension

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
Highlighting the point ASIC chair James Shipton made about slow and delayed responses from Australia's financial institutions, a bank's financial advice subsidiary has sought an extension to complete a major report as part of its enforceable undertaking. ...

Early release of super, FHSSS gaining traction: ATO

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
About $89 million of superannuation has been released on compassionate grounds just three months into the new financial year, according to the ATO. Of the 10,700 early super release applications received between 1 July 2018 and September 30, more than ...

Zurich launches new adviser portal

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... Portal gives advisers a single login to access underwriting quotes, track client application progress in real time and request updates to policy details like address and payment methods. Advisers will now be able to get indicative underwriting returns ...

Hayne admonishes ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... entity what it wants and insist upon it being provided promptly. "Too often ASIC appears to have accepted an entity's request for time to take steps to remedy past misconduct or prevent future breach without examining, let alone examining closely ...

Blue Sky refunds $4.1m overcharge

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... Executor Trustee has since rectified its NTA breach of its AFSL, Blue Sky said. Furthermore, Blue Sky said it received a request from ASIC on 2 July 2018 for information regarding its compliance and continuous disclosure obligations - but has yet to ...

CommInsure, TAL engaged in troubling conduct: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
In closing the sixth round of the Royal Commission, counsel assisting found that CommInsure, TAL and Rest may have engaged in conduct that fell below community standards after hearing "troubling" evidence from various case studies. CommInsure and Colonial ...

AMP defaulted members as smokers: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
An AMP non-smoking superannuation fund member was charged excessive premiums of up to $72,000 after he was unknowingly defaulted as a smoker, the Royal Commission heard this morning. AMP group executive wealth solutions and chief customer officer Paul ...

TAL hired private investigator to follow claimant: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... ongoing condition. Therefore, the note she was presenting now was for a new illness, the GP noted. On receiving the claim request, TAL went on what senior counsel assisting Rowena Orr called a "fishing expedition". The nurse was asked to produce a large ...

CommInsure misled FOS: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
CommInsure admitted it misled the Financial Ombudsman Service that was helping resolve a claimant's dispute by deliberately withholding medical information and delaying the process, the Royal Commission heard yesterday afternoon. Counsel assisting ...

CBA appoints board director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... board, starting 1 January 2019. Retiring director Brian Long will stay on the board until 31 December, at the board's request to ensure continuity in director succession. O'Malley was BlueScope Steel's managing director and chief executive for more than ...