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ASIC extends olive branch to inside traders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... and financial services breaches of the law. "ASIC continues to develop and implement new tools to combat and detect misconduct. The Immunity Policy enhances ASIC's ability to identify and take enforcement action against complex markets and financial ...

Woodford flags comeback

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... at their outset". "Instead, we look at what all the evidence tells us before we make conclusions about what, if any, misconduct has taken place and who is responsible, if it has. It is only then that we can assess what, if any, sanction we should put ...

ASIC to take targeted approach with PIP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... manage both financial and non-financial risks, ASIC will only need to intervene when early warning signs of harm and misconduct require us to do so," Hughes said. "I regard PIP as an extremely important addition to ASIC's regulatory toolkit. It allows ...

Banks return $1.2bn for bad advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... new ASIC figures. The funds have been returned to customers who suffered loss or detriment due to fees for no service misconduct or non-compliant advice. AMP, ANZ, CBA, Macquarie, NAB and Westpac undertook the review and remediation programs to compensate ...

Australians Googling for advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... advice, such as ASIC warning real estate bodies and acting against Commonwealth Bank for conflicted remuneration. Such misconduct stories accounted for nine of the 20 articles with the most engagement from readers. "Australians showed an increased level ...

Shipton to leave ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... legal advice provided to the Treasury concerning these matters, I am satisfied that there have been no instances of misconduct by Mr Shipton concerning his relocation arrangements, including ASIC's payment for tax advice resulting from his relocation ...

APRA delays insurance in super guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... 2020, broadly supported the proposed amendments, which largely reflected recommendations of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry and the findings of APRA's post-implementation review of the ...

ASIC slams auditors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... review into audits in 2019. While it is still early days, the watchdog is aiming to enforce actions against auditor misconduct, delve into conflicts of interest, and force more transparency in audit inspection results. A recent inquiry into the audit ...

ISA ramps up campaign against super reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... a ground-breaking super reform that finally ridded the system of underperforming funds and ensured the disgraceful misconduct by super trustees revealed at the Banking Royal Commission could not happen again," ISA said. ISA said it has made a submission ...

Government to wind up FASEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... the new regulatory framework." The FSCP currently supports ASIC in conducting banning orders against individuals for misconduct. Citing the Hayne Royal Commission's recommendation 2.10, which calls for a single, central disciplinary body to be established ...