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Benefits of advice reforms yet to materialise

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... last 30 months. This averages to 300 advisers leaving the industry each month. Since the 2017-19 Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, an overhaul of the advice sector has become a major priority. ...

CBA to publicise misconduct

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
... publish a written and audio-visual notice on its website and newsroom's landing pages under the heading "Notification of Misconduct by CBA" for a period of 90 days. "The requirement for CBA to notify its customers and the general public that it unlawfully ...

CSLR unfairly locks out some victims: Maurice Blackburn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) will lock out victims of financial misconduct or fraud who pursue court proceedings - something that is inherently unfair, according to law firm Maurice Blackburn. Maurice Blackburn principal lawyer Josh ...

Single disciplinary body consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... circumstances that ASIC must convene the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP) to consider alleged financial adviser misconduct. Some stakeholders already suggested to limit the volume of matters that would require the FSCP to be convened and thereby ...

Westpac tops fee-for-no-service misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
Westpac tops the charts for fee-for-no-service misconduct at $578.4 million, according to the corporate regulator. More than 71,400 Westpac customers have been affected by its failings to provide ongoing financial advice services that was promised. ...

AMP sued over corporate super misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... AMP Financial Planning, AMP Services, Charter Financial Planning and Hillross Financial Services. It is alleged the misconduct saw AMP pocket more than $600,000 in financial advice fees from 1540 customers despite having been notified that those customers ...

ASIC bans adviser, cancels AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... corporate regulator has banned a Gold Coast-based adviser for five years and cancelled the group's AFS licence over misconduct. Adam Bevan was an authorised representative and sole director of Trade Wind Financial Services. ASIC banned Bevan after he ...

No charges in AMP BOLR investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... regulator's other investigations into fee-for-no-service conduct at AMP are continuing. As it stands, fee-for-no-service misconduct has seen Australia's largest institutions pay about $1.24 billion in remediation to date.

OnePath to remediate over pressure selling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... separate business. "For over three years now, ASIC has pursued enforcement, regulatory and remediation action to tackle misconduct and stem consumer harm in the direct life insurance market. ASIC has delivered deterrence through court action, disruption ...

Westpac in fresh $87m remediation program

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... corporate actions means customers may have missed out on various opportunities. "Compensating customers affected by misconduct is a very important part of licensees' obligations to act fairly, honestly and efficiently. We are pleased to see that ...