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Westpac faces 23 million breaches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
Westpac is facing 23 million alleged breaches of anti-money laundering laws and counter terrorism laws. AUSTRAC has applied to the Federal Court seeking civil penalty orders against Westpac relating to "systematic" non-compliance with the Anti Money ...

CommInsure enters guilty plea

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
CommInsure has pleaded guilty to 87 hawking offences. ASIC announced that Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, trading as CommInsure, has entered a guilty plea for 87 counts of offering to sell insurance products in the course of unlawful, unsolicited ...

New advice groups detrimental to consumers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
The co-founder of iPac Securities believes the issues that saw the big banks exit wealth management will pale in significance to future failures he expects will come as a result of "fringe" advice groups. Appearing at the ASFA Conference in Melbourne ...

The AUD is key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
I painted a picture of the latest domestic surveys and stats last week arguing that the RBA would need to cut interest rates some more to try and reverse the trend deterioration in the domestic economy. In it I briefly touched on the Australian dollar ...

No pat on the back for high performers: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
APRA's superannuation heat map will not feature any means for demonstrating high performance across any of the system's metrics, the regulator has revealed. APRA outlined its superannuation heat map at the 2019 ASFA Conference in Melbourne this ...

Default insurance likely to go: Silk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has predicted a decline in the important of insurance in superannuation, including its ousting as a default portion of the system. Appearing as part of a panel discussion about the future of super at the ASFA ...

ASIC to survey whistleblower policies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
ASIC plans to survey whistleblower policies of a sample of companies next year. The regulator said it plans to review the selected companies compliance with the legal requirements outlined in the new whistleblower protection laws. This comes as ASIC ...

ASFA strikes back at super detractors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy has hit out against vocal critics of the super system on the opening morning of the 2019 ASFA Conference in Melbourne today. Fahy took to the stage to call on the government ...

PIMCO to launch first Australian listed trust

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
PIMCO is preparing to bring its first closed-end listed investment trust to the Australian market, with the aim to meet Australian investors' growing demand for yield and income. PIMCO said the trust will look to leverage its strength in global ...

Chief economist update: The A$ will answer the question of how much more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
When the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met and decided to keep the official cash rate unchanged at 0.75% on November 5, Governor Philip Lowe issued this optimistic statement: "After a soft patch in the second half of last year, a gentle turning point ...