FEE FOR NO SERVICE

Financial planning

Despite an “eye-watering” $4.7 billion paid in remediation, ASIC believes fees for no service is still an active issue and has made multiple investigations of alleged inc...

Financial planning

The corporate regulator has alleged OnePath incorrectly charged over $4 million in fees to more than 18,000 fund members when it was not entitled to do so....

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Editorial

The corporate watchdog has dropped the pursuit of criminal charges relating to AMP Financial Planning’s alleged fee-for-no-service, raising questions on why it was made s...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers may still be chafing under the burden of annual fee renewals, but the Minister believes the industry has “generally reacted positively”....

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Financial planning

Compensation paid by the six largest banking and financial services institutions for fee-for-no-service and non-compliant advice is at $749.7 million, according to the co...

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Superannuation

Both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority have written to super funds asking them to prove they are not...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has restated its position on a three-year phase-out of grandfathering, claiming that commissions have led to some consumers paying impl...

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has signalled the degree to which it will be changing its platform arrangements to overcome fee for no service problems....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled using its new directions power in the face of the slow response of AMP and the major banks to follow-up...

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Financial planning

National Australia Bank may have confirmed the exit of its chief executive and chairman but it has acknowledged it still does not know how much client remediation will co...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is seeking court backing to force law firm Clayton Utz to produce documents at the heart of fee for no service allega...

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Policy & Regulation

AMP Limited has made clear it is provisioning substantially less than the $1.185 billion mentioned during the Royal Commission for client remediation....

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Financial planning

Commonwealth Bank chief executive, Matt Comyn has cited fee for no service as being one of the bank’s key shortcomings and claimed key executive personnel had failed to u...

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Financial planning

Commonwealth Financial Planning has sought an extension of time from the independent expert appointed to oversee the outcome of its enforceable undertaking (EU) over fees...

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