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Groups call for default super fund decoupling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... received submissions from the Transport Workers' Union (TWU) concerning choice of superannuation fund prior to the Interim Report. However the issue yet to be addressed is why some employees should be denied their choice. Corporate Super Specialist Alliance ...

FSC backs Commission on choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... received submissions from the Transport Workers' Union (TWU) concerning choice of superannuation fund prior to the Interim Report. However the Commission is yet to hear why some employees should be denied their choice. Among discussion the Commission ...

Royal Commission looks at choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... received submissions from the Transport Workers' Union (TWU) concerning choice of superannuation fund prior to the Interim Report. However the issue yet to be addressed is why some employees should be denied their choice. "The conclusion of the Murray ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... the issues identified to ensure Australians are adequately insured and receive world class financial advice. An interim report was issued in December 2014, based on extensive consultation and submissions from interested parties. (As of the submissions ...

Trowbridge releases final report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... would be disastrous for the industry. He said, in the submissions, there are two extremes, which I mention in the interim report. One is, 'Why can't we maintain the current 120% upfront commission?' And the other is, 'Why do we need commissions at all?' ...

Life insurance commissions must remain an option: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... insurance advice. Following criticism by Industry Super Australia (ISA) over the fact that the working group's interim report did not contemplate a complete ban on commissions, Anderson said: "Commissions must remain an option, we don't see them disappearing." ...

Reconsider life insurance commission ban: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... group, set up by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advice (AFA), said in its interim report that "a no commission arrangement has not been actively considered in this interim report." However, in its submission to ...

Financial services companies owe consumers $15m compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... mechanism. "PI Insurance is just not effective," the FOS said, and noted that "the FSI [Financial System Inquiry] interim report identified a clear gap in this area of consumer loss and sought views on how to address this."

Adviser remuneration "critical": Trowbridge Interim Report

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
The quality of advice and the remuneration of adviser incentives were raised as "critical" areas in the interim report of the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group (LIAWG) established by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... meaningful movement towards tackling the problem. The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) put the issue at the centre of its interim report, floating a number of possible reforms. These included extending a default MySuper-style product into retirement; policy ...