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Harder for insurers to dodge claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... recommendations on Australia's insurance industry - all of which the government has agreed to implement. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has asked that the process of handling and settling insurance claims should not be excluded from the definition of ...

Misconduct must end: Frydenberg

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... put the blame of industry misconduct solely on Australia's financial services companies, quoting Commissioner Kenneth Hayne to say "there can be no doubt that the primary responsibility for misconduct in the financial services industry lies with ...

Grandfathered commissions to be banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... for the period 1 July 2019 to 1 January 2021. The removal of the payments was a key recommendation of Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's report, saying there is no justification for grandfathering provisions in an industry that is trying to remove conflicts ...

Hayne recommends new regulatory overseer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... Releasing his final report into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne recommended a new three-person oversight authority would assess the effectiveness of APRA and ASIC in meeting their ...

Ongoing service arrangements should be tightened: Hayne

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
An overhaul of ongoing fee arrangements has been recommended by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne to combat fees for no service conduct. The final report of the Royal Commission has recommended ongoing fee arrangements should be renewed annually by clients. ...

Royal Commission principles not simply an add-on

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... Partners. Speaking ahead of the Royal Commission's final report, due at 4.10pm today, Longstaff said Commissioner Kenneth Hayne made it clear he's not interested in more laws to govern compliance, rather it's about where do firms sit in regards to community ...

Managed accounts not immune to Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... thinking that managed accounts are not subject to the same conflicts of interest as larger institutions. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne lambasted the prevalence of conflicts of interest in the interim report. It is an area Wivell Plater "confidently" predicts ...

Ten stories that defined the Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... to poor consumer outcomes. Hayne admonishes ASIC In his interim report released late in September, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne criticised ASIC's negotiation strategies and tardiness in remediating misconduct that can take years to resolve and for ...

Royal Commission sparks risk book sell-off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
Financial planners with smaller risk insurance books are looking to offload them now, save waiting for Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's final report. According to Radar Results, there has been a jump in the number of planners looking to sell risk books ...

Industry dubious about one regulatory body: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... bodies police the financial services sector, and both often blamed a lack of resources and funding. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne criticised APRA and ASIC in his September interim report, highlighting several instances of inefficiencies and failure to impose ...