ROYAL COMMISSION

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has conceded it should have acted more promptly in dealing with a breach notice covering orphan clients at Count Financial....

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Financial planning

AMP Limited has been asked why it left clients on under-performing platforms when cheaper and better-performing options were available....

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Financial planning

Royal Commissioner, Kenneth Hayne has cautioned AMP Limited over the possible outcome of evidence suggesting the AMP Board may have been complicit in amending a report pr...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Union has shown concern that “systemic and cultural problems” in the big banks have led to poor advice outcomes, following revealing evidence from ...

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Financial planning

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has been told that regulatory reform to financial planning is a work i...

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Financial planning

More than 65 per cent of mortgage brokers are concerned about the reputation of their industry following the Royal Commission, according to a MyState Bank survey....

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Financial planning

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services industry will begin scrutinising financial advice with the major banks and AMP ...

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Life/Risk

Plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn has named AIA, CommInsure and TAL as code ‘culprits’ in its submission to the Royal Commission....

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Superannuation

A new survey has revealed industry fund trustees and executives to be split on the key questions of the Royal Commission and the sole purpose test, with only a narrow maj...

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Editorial

As key players in recent outcomes in the financial services industry, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Author...

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Outsider

Outsider knows that all financial planners will be gratified to have heard that Industry Super Australia has joined with research and consultancy outfit SuperRatings to u...

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Editorial

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission wants competition powers added to its regulatory armoury, but history suggests a need for caution on the part of the ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Royal Commission into the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services industry will be examining the effectiveness and ability of the financial services regulators...

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Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Services has told the Royal Commission that planners/advisers have accounted for more than a third of serious misconduct cases identified since ea...

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Expert Analysis

Grant Holley explains what the Royal Commission is, what it can do, and how financial services providers may find themselves under its scrutiny....

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