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Industry not impressed with APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
The latest stakeholder survey shows the Royal Commission continues to hurt the regulator's standing in the financial services community. APRA's latest biennial stakeholder survey shows industry players are less impressed with the prudential ...

Advice software firm appoints sales lead

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... Bernasconi. WealthO2 was established in 2015 and has grown close to $1.5 billion through referrals. "In the wake of the Royal Commission, and the bank exodus from wealth, the adviser community is at a point of inflection. "WealthO2 has appointed Phil ...

Final nail in the coffin for grandfathered commissions

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... ending the payment of such commissions was a key recommendation in Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's final report on the Royal Commission released in February which made 76 recommendations that the government agreed to implement. "The government's ...

SuperFriend boosts leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... of the organisation express a growing need for targeted workplace mental health and wellbeing support in the wake of the Royal Commission. SuperFriend chief executive Margo Lydon said: "With our enhanced executive leadership team, we're feeling extremely ...

Spectrum Wealth representatives find new homes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... likely face a liquidity crisis in 2019 and missed its FY19 interim results deadline. Freedom came under fire during the Royal Commission for selling a life insurance policy to an intellectually disabled man.

Ban unsolicited life insurance sales: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... life insurance and consumer credit insurance (CCI) sold via call centre staff should be outlawed. The financial services Royal Commission recommended that the unsolicited sales of superannuation and insurance products should be prohibited. ASIC will ...

AFCA looks to expand senior ranks

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... than 100 investigations over the last eight months as it received an outpouring of complaints in the aftermath of the Hayne Royal Commission; in its first six months of operations more than 35,000 consumers and small businesses raised issues with the ...

Macquarie asset management business down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... presentation about the importance of risk culture and conduct and the evolution of Macquarie's approach following the Royal Commission. "We continue to review and monitor the outcomes and initiatives emanating from the Commission as well as key learnings ...

Sam Henderson cops ASIC ban

KANIKA SOOD, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... regulator has banned high-profile financial adviser Sam Henderson, whose inappropriate financial advice was laid bare the in Royal Commission public hearings last year. The Sydney-based adviser was banned from providing financial services for three years ...

Trustee firm adds executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... MSC Group's expansion is its independence from product providers, issuers and promoters, particularly in the wake of the Royal Commission. "At MSC we're very focused on tailoring trustee and intermediary services to empower capital managers and provide ...