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Delay breach reporting law: AFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... four breaches in 2020, would equate to 198 reports under the new regime. "Their feedback suggests that the exclusion of civil penalty matters for the failure to deliver an FSG and a PDS would only marginally decrease the number of breaches that would ...

Goldsky director charged

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... financial services business without an Australian Financial Services licence. The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil suit against Goldsky Asset Management and Grace in 2018 after ASIC assisted in its investigation.

Junk insurance lands Westpac in court

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... disappointingly not changed policies and conduct to stem harms from the design and sale of CCI. "As a result, we've commenced civil proceedings against Westpac," she said. Financial institutions and lenders have paid about $250 million in remediation ...

CBA to pay $7m for overcharged interest

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... Business Overdraft products and $3965.30 in relation to CBA Business Overdraft products, per customer. Last week ASIC commenced civil proceedings against the bank over allegations it incorrectly charged $55 million in monthly access fees to nearly one ...

ASIC sues CBA over monthly fees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
The corporate regulator has commenced civil proceedings against Commonwealth Bank over allegations it wrongly charged monthly fees to customers over a nine-year period. ASIC alleges CBA incorrectly charged $55 million in monthly access fees to nearly ...

ASIC drops Caddick charges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... search for evidence. ASIC clarified that it had to withdraw the charges against Caddick, as a matter of law, to enable the civil proceedings to go ahead. However, the regulator reserves its rights to reinstate the charges at a later stage. According ...

NZ overhauls regulation of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... could impact the advice. They must also disclose their disciplinary history, including certain criminal convictions and civil proceedings; and, in the case of financial advisers, they must disclose any bankruptcy proceedings within four years of having ...

Insider trading forum busted

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... settlement that, subject to court approval, permanently preventing him from further violating these provisions and reserves civil penalties for a later date.

Foreign exchange brokers banned

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... 10 years while its former employees have been banned from former employees for three to six years. ASIC first initiated civil proceedings in the Federal Court against Forex CT and Yoshai after alleging Forex CT engaged in a system of unconscionable conduct ...

Former AMP adviser in enforceable undertaking

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... is based on the Gold Coast - must comply with the enforceable undertaking she first entered in 2019. ASIC also commenced civil proceedings late last year, alleging Thorne took deliberate steps to avoid compliance with the court enforceable undertaking. ...