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Consumers trust super funds about as much as banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... in their best interests. Meanwhile, 54% of people trusted banks to act in their best interest immediately following the Royal Commission. The average Australian's confidence that they will have enough money to enjoy a comfortable retirement is up slightly ...

Labor supports FASEA extension, confusion remains

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... block the delays to the FASEA deadlines. The spokesperson said while Labor feels the government has been slow to implement Royal Commission recommendations; it is sympathetic to how difficult it will be for many advisers to meet the deadlines while running ...

US real estate manager eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... David Edwards said. Unison was set up in 2006 and has attracted venture capital from Citi Ventures, F-Prime (Fidelity) and Royal Bank of Canada in previous raisings. Earlier this year, Akindred took on the third-party distribution of private debt boutique ...

Berkshire to chase growth for InvestSMART

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... transaction between Hunter Hall and Washington H. Soul Pattinson. "Given the current Australian economy, recent banking royal commissions and scalability of funds management as a business, the board believes it is the right time to assess all available ...

Senior lawyer drags AMP to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... fee-for-no-services practices with its former top executives. Larissa Baker Cook was involved in AMP's legal preparation for the Royal Commission, its work for ASIC enforcement notices and handling advice complaints and insurance claims at different ...

Westpac takes $1 billion profit hit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... Business. Westpac is the last of the big four to announce further customer remediation costs following the fallout from the Royal Commission. ANZ saw remediation costs breaking $1 billion, while National Australia Bank added an extra $1.18 billion bringing ...

AustralianSuper appoints group executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... officer. He was most recently the group executive, strategy brand and reputation and led the fund's response to the royal commission. He started with the fund in 2007 when he was appointed its general manager of business development when he was the ...

Whistleblower calls out approved product lies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... Authority. "Heavily restricted life insurance APLs are still the norm and not even heat from the recent Financial Services Royal Commission has been enough to compel them to apply higher standards and put their clients first," Morris said. ClearView ...

Superannuation gets a classroom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... $283 million in super stolen from them every year by employers. Statwide chief executive Tony D'Alessandro said: "The Royal Commission into the Banking and Financial Services sector reminded us that we need to get people to engage with their superannuation ...

Colonial First State hit with second class action in less than a week

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... ongoing commissions to financial advisers who were not required to provide any ongoing services to members." "The Banking Royal Commission revealed that since 2013, CFS paid financial advisers or the licensees they worked for over $400 million in commissions ...