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Proposed reforms could simplify advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... Advice Review in 2022, the ALRC anticipates that it will consider the findings before making recommendations in its final report due 20 November 2023. Stakeholders can voice their feedback and concerns until 25 February 2022. The ALRC's second interim ...

AFCA must improve transparency: Hume

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... transparent when dealing with complainants and providing the reasoning behind its decisions. Senator Jane Hume's final report made 14 recommendations, all of which AFCA said it "agrees with in principle". One recommendation is for the authority to provide ...

BTC Markets adds to advisory board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... board, hiring from ASX and Tyro. David Raper and Garry Duursma joined the advisory board following the release of the final report of the Parliamentary Committee on Australia as a Technology Centre. Raper spent the last 15 years at ASX originally joining ...

FASEA to reword Standard 3

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... services," he said. "Standard 3 also seems to go beyond the recommendations of the Banking Royal Commission. In his final report, Commissioner Hayne posed the question: "Is there more that could be done to manage those conflicts better?"

CBA pleads guilty to selling junk insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... at a later date. CBA's conduct was revealed during the Royal Commission and was the subject of a case study in the final report from Commissioner Hayne. The charges also come after ASIC undertook a review of the sale of consumer credit insurance by 11 ...

Crypto regulation proposed: Bragg

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre, chaired by Liberal senator Andrew Bragg, tabled its final report into the regulation of cryptocurrencies and outlined 12 recommendations. These included the establishment of a market licensing ...

CBA completes review, sued by FWO

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... it has been slammed with court proceedings for underpaying staff over $16 million. CBA released the thirteenth and final report from its independent reviewer, Promontory Australia, noting all milestones have been assessed as "complete and effective" ...

Criminal charges filed against CBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... is the subject of these charges was revealed during the Royal Commission and is the subject of a case study in the final report from Commissioner Hayne. This is the second criminal prosecution under consumer protection provision s12DB of the ASIC Act ...

Multiple accounts already in sharp decline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
... retirement savings. This number of accounts slowly declined over the years until 2019 - after the Royal Commission's final report - when the number of accounts in the system sharply decreased. As of June 2020, there were 24.4 million super accounts ...

Retirement Income Covenant paper released

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... income and longevity meant many funds have stayed away from developing a product so far. Productivity Commission's final report asked the government to reassess the design and implementation challenges of Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement ...