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ASIC bans adviser again

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
A financial adviser previously banned by ASIC has found himself in hot water again. Tarandeep Aujla has been banned from providing financial services for three years by the corporate regulator for failing to act in the best interests of his clients. ...

Super trustees to formulate whistleblower policies

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
The corporate regulator is expecting superannuation trustees to have whistleblower policies in place 1 January 2020. ASIC is broadening the whistleblower regime introduced on 1 July 2019 in an effort to reform to the corporate sector. It is proposing ...

Aussie fintech names new chief

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
InPayTech has promoted internally to make Dean Martin their new chief executive, the company has announced. Martin is currently InPayTech's head of customer experience, a role he has been in since February this year. His appointment as chief executive ...

Why do we need royal commissions, Hayne asks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
In his first public speech since the Royal Commission's final report in February, Kenneth Hayne mulled why Australians are calling for more royal commissions and what it says about our democracy. "The increasingly frequent calls for Royal Commissions ...

CBA remediation bill drags performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
Commonwealth Bank's overall remediation and compliance costs have hit $2.2 billion, dragging its full-year June 2019 results. A large chunk ($806m) of the bank's customer remediation bill will go towards implementing regulatory and compliance ...

BT advice boss lands new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
The former general manager of BT Financial Advice, who was grilled at Royal Commission hearings last year, will lead an ASX-listed managed accounts provider for a $500,000 base salary. Michael Wright will join Xplore Wealth (formerly Managed Accounts ...

HSBC chief abruptly resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
The global chief executive of HSBC has stepped down after mutually agreeing with the board that change was necessary for the bank to move forward in an increasingly challenging environment. John Flint exited HSBC Holdings plc on August 5 as its group ...

ANZ scraps individual bonuses

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
ANZ has taken individual bonuses off the table in favour of an incentive based on group performance. From October 1 most ANZ staff will be rewarded with a group performance dividend based on the bank's performance across four perspectives: risk, financial ...

Former adviser cops 20-year prison sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
A former financial adviser in the US will spend the next 20 years behind bars after defrauding retiree investors of $30 million, some of which was used to fund religious ceremonies to ward off federal investigators. Dawn Bennett of Maryland was this ...

Xplore continues hunt for chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
ASX-listed platform provider Xplore Wealth released its quarterly update, confirming the appointment of a new chief executive is still pending. David Heather stepped down in February on "mutual terms" after four years in the top job. Since then, former ...