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Accredited advisers will soon be able to offer a complete life insurance solution for young professionals thanks to a new fund from PPS Mutual.

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PPS Mutual is set to launch the PPS Mutual Super Fund, which will allow the company to offer a complete life insurance solution for eligible professionals through an accredited adviser.

The Super Fund will allow members to fund their insurance premiums via rollover from their standard accumulation super fund.

Director of proposition at PPS Mutual Matthew Pilcher said the fund approach had been requested by younger graduate medical, legal, accounting and engineering professionals.

“We are thrilled to announce the launch of our highly anticipated Super Fund as it now allows us to offer a complete life insurance solution for eligible professionals,” he said.

The fund also offered flexibility for advisers who wanted to offer clients the option to pay premiums through super.

“The launch of the fund is an important step in allowing us to bring the mutual model to a wider selection of adviser clients and offer Australian professionals a radical reappraisal of how life insurance can work,” Mr Pilcher said.

PPS Mutual has appointed Sargon, a financial technology and infrastructure company, as a trustee.

“Sargon is helping PPS Mutual navigate the complex and changing regulatory environment so we’re able to offer the best possible solution to our clients,” said Mr Pilcher.

“We’ve chosen to partner with Sargon because of their strong compliance culture. Through the services they provide, we have more time to focus on our advisers and their clients.”

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Accredited advisers will soon be able to offer a complete life insurance solution for young professionals thanks to a new fund from PPS Mutual.

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AMP chairman David Murray, along with the rest of the board, could see their seats overhauled, with shareholders signalling they will be voting against the bank’s remuneration report at its annual meeting next week.

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The current board could be out with a second strike after it received a first against its proposed remuneration last year, which saw 62 per cent of shareholders reject the board’s salaries.

A spill would only need 25 per cent of votes against the new remuneration report.

The Australian Shareholder’s Association has indicated it is planning to vote against the board’s proposed pay at the meeting next week, although it is in favour of Mr Murray staying in his position.

The body said that while the bank’s board slashed bonuses and adopted a new remuneration model in line with ASA’s guidelines, it has not been finalised, giving insufficient detail about new KPIs, targets or vesting.

“This is compounded by an excessive sign-on benefit for the new CEO, with the sole vesting condition being continuous employment,” the ASA noted.

It has also expressed concern about governance and culture at AMP, saying the “incentives revealed to date are weighted in favour of driving the share price up”.

The bank also failed to seek shareholder approval for its sale of its life business, which has been a point of dispute for the ASA.

On Mr Murray remaining chairman, the ASA commented, “His considerable regulatory and banking experience will be required in light of the magnitude of the task ahead for the AMP board.

“His appointment has no doubt helped attract the experienced non-executive directors the company needs. The changes to board structure and remuneration also reflect his involvement and commitment to change for the organisation.”

The board has already been reshuffled considerably, with its last appointment being Debra Hazelton as a non-executive director and Trevor Matthews stepping down and becoming the AMP nominee for the Life board on completion of the Life sale.

At the end of March, Geoff Roberts retired from the board, with Andrea Slattery taking his place and becoming chairman of the AMP Limited and AMP Bank Audit Committees.

The bank has admitted it has a long road to recovery. New chief executive Francesco De Ferrari told shareholders that 2019 will be a transitional year for the company, saying the company’s business model is ‘challenged’.

He did, however, say in the annual report that financial advice will “will remain a cornerstone” of the group.

AMP, NAB, Westpac and ANZ all received large first strikes against their remuneration reports last year.

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AMP chairman David Murray, along with the rest of the board, could see their seats overhauled, with shareholders signalling they will be voting against the bank’s remuneration report at its annual meeting next week.

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The FPA has raised concerns about AFCA’s legacy complaints rule changes and the impact it would have on the industry.

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The Financial Complaints Authority has proposed new rules that would expand its jurisdiction to deal with eligible complaints about conduct dating back to 1 January 2008.

In a submission to AFCA on the changes, the Financial Planning Association of Australia supported the intent of the measure but raised concerns about whether professional indemnity costs would cover legacy complaints reaching back more than 10 years.

The FPA sstated that it was important for consumers to have their complaints heard, but chief executive Dante De Gori said the new rule changes were unclear.

“It is unclear whether the consideration of the AFCA ombudsmen will be based on the law, codes, guidance and good industry practice available at the time the conduct occurred, rather than the current standards,” he said.

Mr De Gori said the association was concerned that PI policies would not cover potential legacy complaints and that would have a significant impact.

“If PI cover does not extend to legacy complaints under the conditions set in the proposed rules change, this will have a significant impact on the ability of licensees to pay any determinations made by AFCA in relation to legacy complaints,” he said.

The FPA told AFCA in its submission that the issue warranted urgent consideration and further investigation by AFCA with the professional indemnity insurance industry.

“Initial feedback from the insurance industry indicates that PI cover may be more expensive in the future should there be an increase in claims arising in relation to legacy complaints,” said Mr De Gori.

“This may include complaints that may have fallen outside the jurisdiction of predecessor schemes as set in the terms of reference applicable at the time the conduct occurred, which may now be accepted under the AFCA rules as at 30 June 2019.”

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The FPA has raised concerns about AFCA’s legacy complaints rule changes and the impact it would have on the industry.

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Peter Johnston has told ifa that the advice community needed to stand up to its detractors and challenge current political thinking.

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In an email sent to ifa, executive director of the AIOFP Peter Johnston said that it had become apparent that regulators wanted advisers to change in the same way as the legal industry.

“It has become quite apparent that some politicians and the upper echelon of our regulators are convinced that consumers want financial advisers to charge in the same manner as the legal fraternity,” he said.

“A natural thought considering most of them have a law degree, but hourly rate charging is one of the most conflicted and despised forms of charging … bar none.”

Mr Johnston said the advice industry was in danger of heading down the same direction as the legal industry where only the well-off can afford legal advice.

“Those consumers who really need advice will not be able to afford it due to the high cost of advice delivery being imposed on the industry,” he said.

Former High Court judge Jim Spigelman heavily criticised hourly rate charging in a 2005 paper, said Mr Johnston, yet commissioner Kenneth Hayne seemed to conclude that advisers should start charging one.

“Royal commissioner Hayne’s conclusion that risk products should be ‘commission free’ and therefore charged on an hourly rate basis demonstrates this bias and the lack of international research behind his thinking,” he said.

Mr Johnston points to the UK as an example that made the decision to ban risk commissions, which led to higher premiums among a range of issues that led to job losses.

“To revive the industry, commissions have been reinstated to 240 per cent upfront to attract advisers back into the industry,” he said.

Instead, Mr Johnston urged that politicians and regulators adjust their thinking so that Australia’s advice community was not negatively affected.

“Our message to the regulators and politicians is that consumers detest paying an hourly rate for risk advice and unless you want a ‘UK type’ disaster in the Australian risk market, please adjust your thinking,” he concluded.

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Peter Johnston has told ifa that the advice community needed to stand up to its detractors and challenge current political thinking.

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