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ASIC secures $160m in remediation over junk credit insurance

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
ASIC has announced it has secured $160 million in remediation for consumers sold junk credit insurance from 11 major banks and lenders between 2011 and 2018. These include offerings from ANZ, Australian Central Credit Union, Bank of Queensland, Bendigo ...

Adviser guilty of misuse of client money

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Former financial adviser Anthony Dick pleaded guilty to 11 counts of dishonestly using his clients' money for his own personal use. Dick was charged in February this year after an ASIC investigation revealed he had accessed and transferred around ...

Industry funds revise ERS modelling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
Industry Super Australia has been forced to revise the modelling underpinning their calculations of the impact of the government's Early Release Scheme on retirement balances. An ASIC missive caused the peak body for industry superannuation to reconsider ...

Compliance crackdown, consultations on horizon: ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
The chief compliance officer of the ASX has revealed the stock exchange is continuing to focus on advisers gouging fees during the COVID-19 crisis, and revealed the several consultations it has on the horizon. Speaking over the phone for the Governance ...

ASIC bans RC case study adviser

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
A former Millennium3 adviser whose advice was cited as a case study during the Royal Commission is set to appeal a 10-year ban handed down by ASIC. ASIC has banned Adelaide-based adviser Christopher Norman Harris from providing financial services for ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
Easing of central bank monetary policy settings helped equity markets rebound and economies to recover from the "Great Recession" wrought by the Global Financial Crisis of 2009. Easing - this time, of social distancing and lockdown restrictions (implemented ...

APRA releases fund-level ERS data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
APRA has released fund-level data showing the progress of the early release of super scheme, with 96% of requests being met within five business days. However, several funds have taken far longer. APRA's figures to May 3 show 830,000 payments were ...

ISA, ME Bank issued please explain

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
Industry Super Australia and ME Bank will front the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on Thursday for an urgent hearing. The call for explanations from the bank and ISA comes following news that ME Bank, which is owned by 26 industry ...

AMP defends hefty remuneration bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
During the AMP annual general meeting chair David Murray defended the pay packet chief executive Francesco De Ferrari and the board continue to take home despite the company's woes. The 2019 AMP remuneration report was rejected by shareholders. ...

ASIC delivers thinly veiled warning

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
ASIC has warned consumers about advertising that compares fixed-term investment products to bank term deposits, the issue it is pursuing Mayfair 101 over. ASIC said a surge in marketing of fixed-term investment products in recent months had prompted ...