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ASIC to take targeted approach with PIP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes said the government's Product Intervention Powers (PIP) will allow the regulator to take a targeted, calibrated and less prescriptive approach to regulation. Speaking at the Australian Finance Industry Association Risk ...

Another glitch for the ASX

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... alternative venue available, we are examining why far more trading did not occur on Chi-X on the day of the outage," ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said.

High Court dismisses Westpac appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... conducting a sales campaign aimed at rolling customers into Westpac products under the banner of general advice," ASIC commissioner Danielle Press said. "By clarifying the distinction between tailored, quality, personal advice in the customer's interest ...

ASIC slams auditors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... and others, supervision and review of audits, and accountability of partners and others for audit quality," ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said. Auditors' weakest point, she said, was in the areas of asset valuations, particularly impairment of non-financial ...

ASIC to review impact of ASX outage

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
... alternative venue available, we are examining why far more trading did not occur on Chi-X on the day of the outage," ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said. "ASIC expects participants to review their arrangements for dealing with market outages and disruptions ...

Regulators alert trustees of new obligations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... design and distribution obligations. In a letter to trustees co-signed by APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell and ASIC commissioner Danielle Press, the regulators highlighted how the new obligations will interact and where they complement. The Business Performance ...

ASIC explores value for money in default group insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... superannuation accounts have insurance attached, and a majority have the default insurance offered by the fund," ASIC commissioner Danielle Press. "The decisions superannuation trustees make about default insurance arrangements are important because ...

ASIC to improve default insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... consideration when designing default categories, ASIC said, adding that there are vast areas of improvements. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press warned that trustees "may be contravening their legal obligations if they fail to ensure that insurance premiums ...

AAT refuses Allegra AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... raised serious doubts in the AAT's mind as to whether Allegra would be able to deal honestly," the AAT said. ASIC Commissioner Danielle Press said the decision reinforces the recent licensing reforms under the Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission ...

SMSF fraudster sentenced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... cases of fraud to take action against dishonest conduct especially where savings for retirement are at risk," ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes said. Gore also faces three charges of acting in the management of three corporations (MOGS, Sleipner and Arion) ...