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ACCC to probe rate cut decisions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... transparency and a better level of understanding about the pricing practices of financial institutions. The inquiry will investigate the prices charged for residential mortgages by the lending market, including big banks and non-bank lenders, and will ...

Former NAB adviser sentenced

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... own benefit," Hughes said. Eung was permanently banned by the corporate regulator in June 2018, as ASIC continued to investigate the allegations made against him as part of its wealth management project, which to date has banned 60 advisers and three ...

Consultation opens on new ASIC powers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... to legally provide intercepted material, like recorded phone calls, to ASIC for serious offences so that ASIC can investigate and prosecute. It also harmonises search warrant powers under different acts to bring them into line with the Crimes Act. This ...

ASIC bans financial adviser

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... Bundaberg-based Peter Goudie did not adequately identify his clients' objectives, financial situation and needs, or investigate whether the financial products recommended were suitable. Goudie was an authorised representative of Risk and Investment Advisors ...

ASIC accelerates enforcement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... litigate?' enforcement approach." ASIC is recruiting analysts, investigators and lawyers to bolster its capacity to investigate and litigate against misconduct in the market, corporate and financial sectors. The expansion of the regulator is being funded ...

Sam Henderson cops ASIC ban

KANIKA SOOD, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... and to prioritise their interests when providing personal financial advice. He also failed to properly document or investigate his clients' existing products, failed to provide advice that was relevant to their specific goals and recommended the ...

350 tax practitioners under investigation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
The Tax Practitioners Board revealed 350 tax practitioners are currently under investigation for high risk behaviour. Those high risk behaviours include failing to meet personal tax obligations, over-claiming work-related expenses on behalf of clients ...

Hostplus enters merger talks

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... industries. Last month, MTAA Super and Tasplan announced that they had entered into a binding Memorandum of Understanding to investigate a possible merger that would see the creation of a $22 billion fund.

Industry funds consider $22bn merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... $22 billion superannuation fund. MTAA Super and Tasplan have entered into a binding Memorandum of Understanding to investigate a possible merger that would see the creation of a $22 billion fund. Together, the funds have about 380,000 members. The news ...

University to probe reverse mortgages

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... is funded by the university and Household Capital, which provides retirement funding solutions to retirees. It will investigate the theoretical and empirical aspects of reverse mortgage demand and product design, under senior research fellow Dr Katja ...