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CHOICE wants commissions banned

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... file a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services. The committee launched an inquiry three months ago to review financial products and services following the collapse of Storm Financial, Opes Prime and Westpoint. ...

Fund manager pioneers voice technology

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... customer is then transferred to the most appropriate Aviva agent who again verifies the customer's details and deals with the inquiry. The VeSecure system is designed to speed-up the identity check process and also improve security as each customers ...

AFA calls for remuneration choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... much they are paid. Klipin said the association continued to respond to all government submissions including the Ripoll inquiry and the recently announced review of superannuation and looked forward to talking about the role and the value of the advi ...

Another day another inquiry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
Senator Nick Sherry has announced another inquiry into the superannuation system that kickstarts what could be the most fundamental review of modern superannuation since its introduction in the mid1980s. "After 21 years of operation, it's time to have ...

Joint Committee has consumer loans in its sights

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' inquiry into financial products and services will include a review of banking products. Reflecting the transfer of oversight of consumer finance to the Commonwealth, which will ...

Stakes rising fast at anti-adviser Parlie inquiry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
The Parliamentary Inquiry into financial advice is quickly shaping up into the high stakes game it was always expected to become as of the 19 submissions received so far not one has anything positive to say about how advice operates in Australia or ...

Disclosing conflicts not enough: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... alliance webs that make up the financial services industry, a point now being investigated in the latest Parliamentary Inquiry into the way the industry operates. Examples of conflicts, according to APRA, are where the trustee forms part of a financial ...

Pearce backs TCF policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... Pearce said the opposition would support a 'treating customers fairly' (TCF) principle if the latest financial planning inquiry does not fully address consumer rights. The shadow minister is currently involved in the parliamentary inquiry into financial ...

Parlie inquiry into sales commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Its game on for financial advice in Australia now that Parliament has convened a fast-paced inquiry into the role advisers, commissions and regulatory gaps played in the recent spate of financial services collapses. The Inquiry's wide ranging Terms ...

FPA heads to eye of Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... administration, resulting in the termination of the firm's membership. The FPA's individual member investigation is still in the "inquiry and investigation phase" which means they may not get a result until the beginning of June. "You need to have processes ...