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AMP fined $24m for charging deceased customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... advice. Justice Hespe found that all four subsidiaries contravened their overarching obligations as Australian financial services licensees to act efficiently, honestly and fairly. It was during the 2018 Hayne Royal Commission that the egregious conduct ...

RFI Global takes on DBM's Atlas division

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
Two Australian financial services data and insights firms have joined forces, following the acquisition of DBM Atlas by RFI Global. Founded in Melbourne, DBM Atlas, a subsidiary of the Illuminera Group, is a local specialist in research and insight ...

Last chance to nominate: MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... Advertising and Sales Excellence) Awards recognise leading individuals, teams and organisations in the Australian financial services industry who have achieved excellence in the fields of marketing, advertising, and sales. Winners are named across 23 ...

UBS names industry veteran as Australasia chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
... strategic business planning and staff development. His deep knowledge of financial markets, the Australian financial services sector and strong risk management experience will also be an asset to the firm. UBS Australia and New Zealand joint country ...

ASIC bans Gold Coast businessman

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
... broker. Further, the regulator said Finerty carried on a financial services business without an Australian financial services licence and engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct. ASIC said between January 2020 to roughly the end of December 2021 ...

ASIC FAR to display adviser QTRP status

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
... generally display that these financial advisers can provide tax (financial) advice services, it said. "Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensees who authorise financial advisers who are not taken to be QTRPs will need to update the FAR to record ...

ASIC case against Commonwealth Bank dismissed

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... deceptive conduct, made false or misleading representations and contravened its obligations as an Australian financial services licensee by incorrectly charging monthly access fees to customers. The regulator alleged that, between June 2010 and September ...

ASIC suspends FTX Australia's licence

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
ASIC has suspended the Australian financial services licence of embattled crypto company FTX. FTX entered voluntary administration on November 11, and the AFSL is suspended until 15 May 2023. However, for the time being, FTX can continue to provide ...

Another ban for Sirius Financial

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... According to ASIC, Sirius Financial (trading as 'Trade360') acted unconscionably and breached its Australian financial services licence obligations when it failed to address the conduct of Toyga Media (Toyga), an off-shore call centre it hired to source ...

Susan Buckley to leave QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
... and career success throughout her tenure with us and is highly regarded and respected across the Australian financial services industry. We wish her all the best as she embarks on this next chapter." Rampa said Buckley will work with Morris on a comprehensive ...