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Advisers to bear brunt of AMP failings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... helping," De Ferrari said. Adding to the pressure, AMP also announced it will cease the vast majority of grandfathered commissions in early 2020. De Ferrari added that those practices that commit to seeing through the disruption will likely end up much ...

AFA, FPA slam haste in ending grandfathered commissions

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have both criticised the time frame given to phase out grandfathered commissions. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced earlier this week legislation would be introduced to ban the payment of grandfathered ...

Jane Hume to address AFA Conference

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... Josh Frydenberg announced the government will introduce legislation this week to end the payment of grandfathered commissions to financial advisers by 1 January 2021. Hume has previously worked in the financial services industry, including National Australia ...

Final nail in the coffin for grandfathered commissions

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
The government will introduce legislation this week to end the payment of grandfathered commissions to financial advisers by 1 January 2021. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial ...

Adviser association rebrands, grows membership

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... seeking to address the needs and objectives of its advisers. It aims to lobby against the banning of grandfathered commissions, as well as challenge government initiatives made in relation to financial services, particularly policies relating to non-aligned ...

No single solution for advice: CFA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... pushing" and rewarding ethical practices and decision making. The institute also recommended outlawing grandfathered commissions within the next 12 months. "This allows firms to take a short sunset period to adjust, and customers of financial advice ...

Financial advice drags BTFG results

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... events ($66m), lower margins from the decision to reprice certain platform fees ($8m) and discontinuing grandfathered commissions ($21m). As a result of a reduced adviser numbers and activity, advice revenue contributed lower to the bottom line of about ...

Westpac profits down 24%, dividend flat

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... items ($620 million after tax), insurance claims and margin pressure related to platform repricing and grandfathered commissions. Consumer bank earnings were down 11% to $1.5 billion as higher wholesale funding costs and lower mortgage spreads squeezed ...

MP slams prolonged grandfathered commissions carve out

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
With the ANZ banking group abolishing all grandfathered commissions as of yesterday, the industry is receiving little sympathy from the Government. Deputy chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics Review of the Four Major ...

NAB needs 500 staff for remediation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... creation of a board customer committee to ensure fair products and evaluate customer feedback and removing grandfathered commissions for advisers. Chronican then went on to say NAB's abolishment of their introducer payment program was because: "We want ...