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ASIC consults on anti-hawking rules

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... Anti-hawking reforms are slated for an October 5 start. They are a part of the government's response to the Hayne Royal Commission, which said hawking meant Australians were getting sold financial products they did not need or want. The consultation ...

ASIC prepares licensees for reference checks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... cancelling a licence or imposing licence conditions. The new rules are covered by the Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response) Act 2020 and ASIC' Reference checking and information sharing protocol, which both take effect on October ...

FAR draft legislation released

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) which has applied to banks since July 2018. In February 2019, the Hayne Royal Commission recommended extending BEAR to include APRA-regulated entities including superannuation funds and insurers, following which ...

Insurers dodging Royal Commission reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... insurance industry to side-step the Royal Commission recommendations and are to the detriment of consumers. Commissioner Hayne recommended that the government implement an economy-wide deferred sales model for add on insurance products after the Royal ...

OnePath to remediate over pressure selling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... concerted regulatory action. Notably, the deep dive review also informed the evidence base for several Hayne Royal Commission misconduct case studies. Our review uncovered egregious sales practices, with tens of thousands of consumers paying for products ...

Regulators warn trustees of super advice fee obligations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... received Royal Assent, limiting the advice fee deductions from superannuation accounts as recommended by the Hayne Royal Commission. Recommendation 3.3 sought to prohibit the deduction of advice fees (other than for intra-fund advice) from superannuation ...

Better Advice regulations hit parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... superannuation, financial services and the digital economy Jane Hume introduced The Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response - Better Advice) Bill 2021 in parliament on June 24. Otherwise known as the Better Advice Bill, the proposed ...

Government to create ASIC, APRA regulator

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... Regulation Authority (APRA). Under the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Bill 2021, based off the Hayne Royal Commission recommendations 6.13 and 6.14, the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority (FRAA) will be established. Recommendation 6.13 ...

AFA defends industry against Labor attack

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... advice - the kind of advice we've seen again and again and again, the kind of advice exposed in the Hayne Royal Commission," she went on to say. "There are inadequate protections for consumers, and this bill further exposes people to these risks. ...

ASIC takes on NAB for fee-for-no service breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... remediation programs are limited and not comprehensive and do not cover all of the clients affected. In 2018, the Hayne Royal Commission heard NAB and its two trustees, NULIS Nominees and MLC Nominees, breached the Corporations Act and Superannuation ...