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Nationals senator not giving up on life insurance investigation

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... If I'm re-elected, I can guarantee you I will be seeing to reinstate inquiries - one will be the Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry. If the committee continues, we'll be keeping the life insurance investigation open, because we keep seeing terrible ...

APRA counts life insurance losses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
APRA has released its submission to the Senate Economics Committee on the inquiry into the scrutiny of financial advice - life insurance, claiming that the profitability of the sector is under strain. The submission argued that weak profitability has ...

Narev defends CommInsure record, wrote to five customers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... affected customers recently. Referencing CBA's submission to the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry, Narev said in the letter that "some of the criticism of the industry, and our life insurance business CommInsure ...

FSC defends industry self-regulation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... of conduct is "well underway" following the news that the issue will now be raised in the Senate's Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry. On March 8, Senator John Williams amended the inquiry to include a scrutiny of the life insurance industry, which ...

Senate to investigate life industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... insurance sector. With support from all sides of politics, Senator John Williams has amended the Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry's terms of reference to look at several aspects of the life insurance industry, including: The need for further reform ...

CBA whistleblower flags unfair compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... Review assessment manager Russell Phillips alleged at the Senate Standing Committees on Economics Scrutiny of Financial Advice public hearing in Melbourne that the bank structured its compensation scheme so that refunds would be minimised. Describing ...

IOOF chair calls for ASIC funding

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... can handle whistleblowers more efficiently. Speaking at the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny of financial advice hearing in Sydney, Sexton defended his delayed response to whistleblower reports about IOOF head of research Peter Hilton ...

Claims of wrongdoing have no basis: IOOF

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... customers of its authorised financial planners during the past two years. The Senate Economics Committee Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry continues and the Committee is expected to keep looking at allegations regarding IOOF.

IOOF execs asked to face Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... Senator John Williams told Financial Standard. The hearing would fall under the Economics Committee Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry, which has previously grilled executives from ANZ, National Australia Bank (NAB), Macquarie Group and Commonwealth ...

Labor now opposes advice Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... inquiry into the Performance of ASIC and notes the ongoing work of it successor, the inquiry into Scrutiny of Financial Advice. "Labor is concerned by continued reports of alleged misconduct by financial advisers that see Australian investors lose ou ...
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