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WA government seeks to improve WA's ESG outcomes

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
The McGowan government has released Western Australia's first-ever environment, social and governance (ESG) information pack to inform a broad range of investors considering the state as an investment destination. The pack has been developed primarily ...

ASIC enforces licence conditions on ASX

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... regulators to continue to strengthen market resilience. The new licence conditions are practical and are aligned with the action ASX is taking to improve the way we operate our business." "We are pleased that ASIC's investigation into the market outage ...

APRA hones in on post-retirement products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
... "Where we identify misleading or deceptive conduct, we will intervene to achieve corrective disclosure or take enforcement action, if appropriate," Longo said. ASIC will also hone in on the distribution of products as it is not convinced that the plethora ...

Former WA adviser charged with dishonest conduct

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
... been charged with engaging in dishonest conduct, following an investigation by the regulator. ASIC alleges in its legal action that in 2014, Fong via Fong Financial Planners acted dishonestly while he was an authorised representative of AMP. It says ...

Caddick's assets will be sold

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
... 2020. Caddick's company, Maliver, operated without an AFSL from about June 2013 and until November 2020. ASIC first took action against Caddick in November 2020. Earlier the same month, Caddick went missing on the same day that ASIC raided her Dover ...

Hume throws shade at trustee rainy day funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... interests of members whose money is unlikely to be imperilled by a change of trustee, I would expect regulators to take action. And the Parliament might too," Hume warned. Elsewhere in her speech, Hume assured that the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort ...

Complaints filed against ASIC lawyers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
... Office of the Legal Services Commissioner and the Legal Services Board and is seeking a formal apology and disciplinary action. According to Mawhinney's lawyers, ASIC's press release went out at 8.06am on Tuesday, November 16 but Roberts Gray Lawyers ...

MLC to face court over insurance failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
... penalty proceedings in the Federal Court for insurance policy and service failures that occurred between 1999 and 2020. The action is against MLC Limited, the entity that owns MLC Life Insurance. The failures were the result of poor systems and controls ...

E&P Financial Group director steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... business, ensuring we meet client and investor expectations," Evans said. Earlier in the month, Piper Alderman launched a class action against E&P Financial Group and its former chief executive Alan Dixon for allegedly providing conflicted financial ...

Link allows BCM due diligence

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... syndicate does not restrict it from considering proposals in relation to Link shares. "Shareholders do not need to take any action in relation to the proposal. It should be noted that there is no certainty that the discussions with the syndicate will ...