MICHAEL HODGE

Superannuation

The Royal Commission has heard that the time-table attaching to the AMP superannuation fund boards’ decision to cut MySuper fees by 50 basis points was devised elsewhere ...

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Financial planning

NAB chief executive, Andrew Thorburn, has defended some fees for no service charged by the bank as a “process issue” rather than dishonesty, as he came under fire at the ...

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Financial planning

Westpac chief executive, Brian Hartzer has acknowledged that the big banking group is ‘thinking through’ the future of its advice business....

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Financial planning

At the same time as confirming Westpac has lost around half its authorised representatives since 2015 the bank’s chief executive has also confirmed a proposed industry so...

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Financial planning

Westpac chief executive, Brian Hartzer has confirmed that senior executives within BT Financial Group suffered significant remuneration consequences for issues raised at ...

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Policy & Regulation

Counsel assisting the Royal Commission has pointed to serious breaches within the major banks while suggesting many of the issues surrounding industry funds can be dealt ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Royal Commission has acknowledged that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission wants more powers but has questioned whether it has ever used all the powe...

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Financial planning

ASIC deputy chair, Peter Kell, has admitted to the Royal Commission that while the regulator has not paid enough attention to grandfathered commissions in the past, it is...

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Financial planning

The Royal Commission has been told that the AMP Super trustee had little or no knowledge of what AMP advisers were doing in relation to recommending superannuation produc...

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Financial planning

National Australia Bank and MLC Limited were prepared to rely on the attestations of their financial advisers to help determine whether to refund clients on the basis of ...

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Policy & Regulation

Counsel assisting the Royal Commission has directly questioned why IOOF managing director, Christopher Kelaher was not appearing at today’s hearings rather than the compa...

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Superannuation

The Royal Commission has been told how Industry Super Australia received $500,000 from AustralianSuper for the ‘fox in the henhouse’ television advertising campaign after...

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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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Not possible to coninue if the cost is given to remaining advisors ...

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Murray Wilkinson

In Australia this was the country of a "Fair Go". This Government is using us. We need direct action and we need to figh...

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mark mclennan

I am reading a lot about the unfairness of CSLR, QAR etc etc and it is clear that there is massive inequity taking place...

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AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

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A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

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The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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