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ASIC acts to combat financial inequality for First Nations people

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
ASIC has published an Indigenous Financial Services Framework to support positive financial outcomes for First Nations people. The Framework's development is the result of extensive consultations with stakeholders, including First Nations people, financial ...

ASIC commences proceedings over failure to comply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
... Court action against Provide Nominees, which trades as Provide Capital, seeking the court's intervention under s70 of the ASIC Act. ASIC said it previously served a notice to produce documents on Provide Capital as part of an ongoing investigation. ASIC ...

ANZ told to pay $25m for 20-year failure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... loans and commercial loans but ANZ didn't pass them on. The court ruled in ASIC's favour, saying ANZ contravened the ASIC Act, the Corporations Act, and the National Consumer Credit Protection Act. It said ANZ made false or misleading representations ...

CommSec, AUSIEX to pay $27m penalty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... and pursuant to the Market Integrity Rules and consequently, the Corporations Act (and additionally for CommSec, the ASIC Act)," the presiding Justice Abraham said. "The conduct is properly characterised as being extensive and systematic, occurring over ...

Insurers are 'fishing' for non-disclosures: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
An ASIC review of individual disability income insurance claims has determined that more work is needed by insurers to ensure customers are protected from unfair practices. ASIC has longstanding concerns about the potential consumer harm resulting from ...

ASIC announces sizeable prosecution list

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
ASIC has prosecuted 10 companies for failing to comply with obligations to lodge financial reports. The regulator announced its sizeable list on Friday and said the prosecutions took place between January 2022 and June 2022. ASIC acted against the Blackgold ...

ASIC outlines cybersecurity expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
Following on from RI Advice's Federal Court loss, the corporate regulator has laid out its expectations of licensees when it comes to cybersecurity. Just last week, in what was an Australian-first, the Federal Court found RI Advice failed its obligations ...

Westpac fined $1.5m for mis-selling insurance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... customers weren't liable to pay. The group also acknowledged it had failed to comply with financial services laws under the ASIC Act. Though of note, Westpac has not sold any consumer credit insurance products since 2019.

Backlash after 'unprecedented' ASIC action against Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
An industry group for independent financial advisers and lawyers have come out criticising Westpac over the six cases brought against it by ASIC. Slater and Gordon Lawyers is calling on Westpac to 'walk the talk', after Westpac's chief executive Peter ...

Criminal charges filed against CBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... report from Commissioner Hayne. This is the second criminal prosecution under consumer protection provision s12DB of the ASIC Act (alleging false and misleading representations) against a bank after ASIC filed charges against ME Bank in May 2021. The ...