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Retired High Court judge to chair CBA review panel

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... and Financial Wisdom who may have received poor financial advice between September 2003 and July 2012 will be able to request a review under the new program. A customer who does not agree or is concerned with the assessment will have the option of a ...

YBR requests trading halt ahead of buyout announcement

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
Yellow Brick Road Holdings (YBR) has requested a trading hold to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and is expected to announce an acquisition. YBR requested the trading halt yesterday and said it did so "pending the release of an announcement ...

Australian Super backtracked on airport valuation: Future Fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014

Superpartners suspends platform development

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... Review today reported that the aborted project exceeded its budget by $180 million. Superpartners did not respond to a request to verify this figure. In a statement, Superpartners joint owner AustralianSuper said: "The Shareholder Funds (that is, AustralianSuper ...

Former WealthSure financial adviser gets jail time for fraud

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014

CBA needs to"lift its game": Treasurer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... raised a number of serious issues," he added. So far, CBA has not referred directly to the Senate Economics Committee request to set up a Royal Commission into the cases of adviser misbehaviour within CBA Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom. The ...

BNP Paribas board approves $9bn fine

AFP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
BNP Paribas's board of directors has approved a settlement with US authorities to pay a record $US9 billion ($A9.74 billion) fine to avoid being tried for violating US embargoes. The agreement is due to be announced after markets close at the New York ...

Government plays down support for royal commission

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... financial restitution If there were to be a royal commission, it would need to be ordered by the Governor-General at the request of the government. If the government decided it does not want to make such a request, it is under no obligation to do so. ...

Senate report, a turning point for advice industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... should pass a national examination "developed and conducted by relevant industry associations." Following a long-time request from financial advice associations, it requests an amendment of the Corporations Act 2001 so a person can only use the terms ...

Senate inquiry reccommends Royal Commission into CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... serious advice misconduct, document forgery and alleged fraud within a number of CBA's financial planning businesses. Request for a Royal Commission The Committee said that a Royal Commission should be established to "examine the actions of the Commonwealth ...