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Stock exchanges, industry pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, while several financial services organisations have also marked her passing overnight. The Royal Family announced early this morning that The Queen passed away peacefully at her Balmoral residence. She was Britain's ...

Final Royal Commission reforms to be tabled, YFYS review begins

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
The final raft of legislative reform resulting from the Royal Commission will be introduced to parliament this week and consultation on the review of the Your Future, Your Super regime has commenced, minister for financial services Stephen Jones confirmed ...

Insurers are 'fishing' for non-disclosures: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
... examined claims handling practices in the context of total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance. The Financial Services Royal Commission examined several case studies of egregious conduct in which physical surveillance and non-disclosure investigations ...

A sensible roadmap: Industry responds to QAR paper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... occur." "This would be an incredible disappointment to the victims of financial advice scandals who gave evidence to the Royal Commission," Kirkland said. "The review's proposals to weaken consumer protections will fuel a revival of vertical integration ...

Nuveen appoints head of debt

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
... director, head of real estate at Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank Australia. Prior to this, he worked at the Royal Bank of Scotland as director for structured real estate finance and as a real estate banking and finance Lawyer in Sydney ...

Findex names co- chief executives amid plans to grow wealth capabilities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... executive team and take advantage of the major opportunities emerging from Australia's wealth management sector after the Royal Commission, it said. Current chief operations officer Roussos and its chief financial officer Games stepped into their ...

ASIC response to Freedom Insurance saga continues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... forward. Freedom Insurance went out of business after ASIC's review of the sale of direct life insurance and subsequent Royal Commission hearings uncovered the then-listed insurer's shocking and harmful sales tactics. In September 2018, the Royal Commission ...

ASIC working to improve breach reporting regime

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... intended. The regime, which applies to all AFSL and ACL holders, commenced in October 2021 and came off the back of the Royal Commission. Now, less than a year later, ASIC has acknowledged "a number of implementation challenges" impacting its operation. ...

NEOS Life appoints sales, culture leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... experience to the role across retail, group and direct insurance. He's previously held senior business development roles with Royal Bank of Canada and MLC Life, as well as serving as head of acquisitions and client services within AMP's group ...

Government strengthens multinationals tax laws

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
The Labor government is cracking down on multinational enterprises (MNEs) avoiding tax and transparency. Last week, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said it's the government's priority to make sure that multinational corporations pay a fair share of tax where ...