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ABA committing to industry reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
The Australian Bankers' Association announced it will commit to the majority of the Khoury Report's proposed banking reforms, promising to raise its code of practice to meet higher standards. Of the 99 recommendations, the ABA is fully supporting 61 ...

Fintech Nod takes on the unadvised

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... providing advice, after being selected a connection is opened between the adviser and the client where the adviser can request to see a snapshot of the customer's financial situation. The platform also gives advisers the ability to upload their compliance ...

Ohanessian challenges Praemium board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Ex-Praemium chief executive Michael Ohanessian is attempting to oust the platform's current board of directors with the support of several notable Praemium investors. Ohanessian, along with Paradice Investment Management and Australian Ethical, have ...

Soul Pattinson pockets Hunter Hall via Pengana merger

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
After NAB sold its significant stake in Pengana Capital to Washington H. Soul Pattinson earlier this week, Pengana and Hunter Hall are set to merge, bringing the future of Hunter Hall's current investment team into question. Assuming shareholder approval ...

Hunter Hall LIC board prepares for April fight

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
The future of Hunter Hall Global Value's current board is in doubt ahead of the April EGM where shareholders will vote on Wilson Asset Management's proposal to replace them. From HHV chair Paul Jensen's perspective, though, WAM's proposal is unlikely ...

Life insurance industry rebuts need for greater reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... and mistakes were identified. For those mistakes that were made, we apologise and we will make it right. Also, at our request, the Report suggested improvements to our claims processes which we are already implementing," Spring said. "While these findings ...

CommInsure cleared of systemic problems

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... misconduct. All this work has reaffirmed our confidence in the business and our people," Spring said. As per CommInsure's request when commissioning the review, Deloitte identified key areas for improvement. Recommendations covered elements of claims ...

Padua founder takes on new role

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... who work with Padua are able to produce a high-quality SOA in less than 30 minutes. Advisers use our ROMA Online advice request system to tell us what their clients' needs are and what they want to implement. Then the Padua research team gathers the ...

Senate committee files views on super objective

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
Merits behind the Superannuation (Objective) Bill may soon be debated in the Senate, following a Senate Economics Legislation Committee report filed on Tuesday. Committee chair, Senator Jane Hume, told Financial Standard that after considering all positions ...

CBA to pay $23 million for poor advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
The Commonwealth Bank will pay at least $23 million in compensation to customers found to have received inappropriate and costly financial advice. Promontory Financial Group confirmed it has completed all assessments of Commonwealth Financial Planning ...