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Regulation should be balanced: Levy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... changed in the regulatory framework," Levy said. She hopes these changes will make it easier for advisers and financial institutions to provide advice, while also being in the best interest of consumers. Earlier this month, as reported by Financial Standard ...

Court ruling reiterates need to comply with AFCA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
A court ruling has reaffirmed that financial institutions must cooperate with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) or face penalties. The ruling came in a case ASIC brought against home finance companies, General Commercial and Eden ...

Pathzero completes Series A fundraising round

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
... Clyde Bank Holdings. Pathzero has developed Pathzero Navigator, a carbon reporting and analysis tool for financial institutions to measure, manage and disclose finance emissions of investment portfolios. Pathzero clients include StepStone, HESTA and ...

Expand access to financial services: AUSTRAC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... circumstances, with the financial intelligence agency acknowledging customer documentation required by financial institutions to prove identity isn't always accessible to all members of the community. It said whether that's due to emergencies ...

ASIC case against Commonwealth Bank dismissed

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... being correctly charged." "ASIC will carefully consider the judgment and continue to work to ensure large financial institutions charge fees correctly and put their customers first."

No big surprises, Levy promises

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... has nothing to do with advisers but relates to everyday people getting "unhelpful general advice" from financial institutions. "So, my proposal in the paper is that more personal interactions will be treated as personal advice, so that remains," she ...

Hopes for action at "implementation" COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... there's clearly risk hurdles that need to be satisfied in order to get there, but the pressure is coming onto financial institutions to take action independent of governments de-risking, to achieve those real-world outcomes and I don't know that ...

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

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... handed down from ASIC's Financial Services Royal Commission enforcement work should act as a reminder to financial institutions that they must invest in their systems to ensure consumers are not adversely affected or harmed," ASIC deputy chair Sarah ...

ASIC finds shortcomings in wholesale market practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... Because these markets underpin growth in Australia's real economy by providing financing to governments, financial institutions and corporates, misconduct can have wide-reaching impacts." "Participants in wholesale financial markets should consider how ...

Fed seeks feedback on rules to resolve large bank failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
... depository institutions, including costly liquidation strategies or the sale of large banks to even larger financial institutions. Now, with the universe of potential acquirers becoming even more limited, the FDIC has said the availability sufficient ...