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Benefits of advice reforms yet to materialise

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... moving to a single disciplinary body, to additional penalties and sanctions for breaching obligations under the Corporations Act, Rainmaker said.

Halifax auditor to cough up fines

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... to FY18. They are the first auditors in Australia to be hit with criminal charges under section 989CA of the Corporations Act. The CDPP found that EC Audit failed to understand Halifax's business and failed to design appropriate tests to identify material ...

Government passes continuous disclosure changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
The government yesterday passed changes to Corporations Act that loosens disclosure requirements for companies, while also introducing legislation to make virtual AGMs permanent. Under the amendment, companies and directors will be liable for continuous ...

Clime wants director removed

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
... prior to Annick Donat taking the top job. The EGM statement reads: "That, in accordance with section 203D of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, Mr Neil Schafer be removed as a director of Clime Investment Management Limited with effect ...

Retail fund tops MySuper tables for FY21

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... horizons. Essential Super is currently in court, with ASIC alleging CBA used conflicted remuneration in breach of Corporations Act to distribute the fund to 390,000 customers. CBA denied the allegation in a March 11 case management hearing. The fund ...

Tidswell agrees it contravened Corps Act

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
Tidswell has surrendered its RSE licence to APRA, as it agrees to ASIC's allegations it contravened the Corporations Act in its work for startup super fund MobiSuper. In N ovember 2019, ASIC filed a case against MobiSuper, Andrew Richard Grover ...

BTFM, Asgard Capital fined $3m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... and August 2017, the court found that the companies harmed 404 customers, leading to about 487 breaches of the Corporations Act. Such breaches included making false or misleading representations in account statements. The institutions told customers ...

Greenwashing scrutiny needed: Evergreen

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... to the labelling of ESG funds and will continue to do so. 'Boards should be mindful that prohibitions in the Corporations ACT 2001 on misleading and deceptive conduct and false and misleading statements apply in relation to financial products such as ...

ASIC spells out IDR reporting

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... 271) and come into effect on October 5. Under it, efficient complaints handling became an obligation under the Corporations Act. ASIC will also consider complaints on social media, objections to death benefit recipients and insurance claims handling ...

ROA relief guidance released

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... amendment aims to provide existing advisers with an additional opportunity to meet the transition requirements of the Corporations Act. FASEA welcomes stakeholder feedback on this proposed amendment," FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield said.