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Planners need discretion on SMSF cost advice: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

CBA follows ASIC's lead in Senate submission

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... has no tolerance for behaviour that prejudices the financial wellbeing of its customers." The bank also defends its compensation policy to clients affected by financial planner Don Nguyen, despite law firm Maurice Blackburn concerns expressed in a separate ...

ASIC submits broad performance review to Senate inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... The document answers a number of issues raised in other submissions to the inquiry and includes an outline of the compensation and dispute resolution framework for the financial services industry and credit industry.

Law firm questions CBA compensation for Nguyen victims

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has questioned Commonwealth Bank's compensation to clients affected by inappropriate advice within the bank's financial planning unit given by adviser Don Nguyen. In a submission to the Senate inquiry on the performance of ...

US shutdown slowing pension payments

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
... decisions," explained Shinseki. He went on: "If the shutdown continues through late October, claims processing for compensation, pension, education, vocational rehabilitation, and employment benefits will be suspended due to lack of funding. "If the ...

Industry super trustees lack investment experience

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... investment professionals to aim for top jobs in super. "The talent pool that there is should be better compensated. Compensation in Australia is generally unsatisfactory for the level of responsibility board members have. They have a say on the wealth ...

ASIC questions SMSF advice in proposed guidance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... disclosure requirements and SMSF costs" stresses the need for advisers warn clients that SMSFs do not have access to the compensation arrangements in a case of theft or fraud as well as explaining other matters that may influence the client's decision ...

ASIC concerned over "pockets" of poor SMSF advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... objectives. "We also found that investors were not warned about the very real risk of not having access to a statutory compensation scheme in the event of theft or fraud," Tanzer said. Tanzer also mentioned aggressive advertising and an increase in the ...

Coalition to save $1.6bn via SG delay

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... be a $1.6 billion saving from "automatic adjustments to government spending and revenue". Discontinuing business compensation measures from abolishing the carbon tax will save $5.1 billion, while there are a number of savings from scrapping the minerals ...

Court ruling on Storm, "a blow" to consumer action

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... losses, while around 735 investors were only to get back about 18% of their losses. The difference between the rates of compensation arose from a funders' premium of $28.875 million (35% of the settlement sum of $82.5 million) to be paid to investors ...