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ASIC pursues criminal charges in super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... litigation, more than 20 enforcement investigations underway, and multiple surveillances related to potential super trustee misconduct ongoing. The common themes in instances of potential trustee misconduct are trustee competence and oversight, complaints ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders dropped by another super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... manager. "In recent times, there has been negative press surrounding AMP Capital stemming from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry as well as inappropriate culture within their senior management ...

Dover, McMaster hit with $1.4m penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... proposed by ASIC carries obvious potential for the defendants to be punished multiple times for the same underlying misconduct," court documents read. In June 2018, ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking from Dover and McMaster to leave the financial ...

ASIC extends olive branch to inside traders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... and financial services breaches of the law. "ASIC continues to develop and implement new tools to combat and detect misconduct. The Immunity Policy enhances ASIC's ability to identify and take enforcement action against complex markets and financial ...

Woodford flags comeback

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... at their outset". "Instead, we look at what all the evidence tells us before we make conclusions about what, if any, misconduct has taken place and who is responsible, if it has. It is only then that we can assess what, if any, sanction we should put ...

ASIC to take targeted approach with PIP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... manage both financial and non-financial risks, ASIC will only need to intervene when early warning signs of harm and misconduct require us to do so," Hughes said. "I regard PIP as an extremely important addition to ASIC's regulatory toolkit. It allows ...

Banks return $1.2bn for bad advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... new ASIC figures. The funds have been returned to customers who suffered loss or detriment due to fees for no service misconduct or non-compliant advice. AMP, ANZ, CBA, Macquarie, NAB and Westpac undertook the review and remediation programs to compensate ...

Australians Googling for advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... advice, such as ASIC warning real estate bodies and acting against Commonwealth Bank for conflicted remuneration. Such misconduct stories accounted for nine of the 20 articles with the most engagement from readers. "Australians showed an increased level ...

Shipton to leave ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... legal advice provided to the Treasury concerning these matters, I am satisfied that there have been no instances of misconduct by Mr Shipton concerning his relocation arrangements, including ASIC's payment for tax advice resulting from his relocation ...

APRA delays insurance in super guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... 2020, broadly supported the proposed amendments, which largely reflected recommendations of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry and the findings of APRA's post-implementation review of the ...