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ASIC sues ANZ over home loan referrals

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
... and real estate representatives. Introducer programs received considerable criticism in the Financial Services Royal Commission. ASIC alleges that between June 2016 and March 2018, ANZ breached consumer protection credit laws by accepting customer information ...

APRA to mandate independent certifications

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... ahead with mandating independent certifications within group insurance as recommended by the financial services Royal Commission. In a letter to registrable superannuation entity licensees, APRA clarified its position on Commissioner Hayne's Recommendation ...

ASIC to ease hardline stance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... the manner they see fit while still complying with the law. This is a far cry from the 2018 financial services Royal Commission, which exposed ASIC as a toothless tiger that preferred to negotiate fines with big organisations over long lunches rather ...

ASIC releases grandfathered arrangement findings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... charging an ongoing fee, an hourly rate or a fixed price or an asset-based fee, it found. The financial services Royal Commission recommended an end to the grandfathering of conflicted remuneration paid to financial advisers as soon as practicable under ...

Government to create ASIC, APRA regulator

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... parliament. The legislation noted: "While both regulators are accountable to the parliament, the Financial Services Royal Commission noted that parliamentary committees, including Senate Estimates, have some limitations in assessing the effectiveness ...

ASIC takes on NAB for fee-for-no service breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... "prolonged under-investment" in its systems, compliance and controls as first exposed by the financial services Royal Commission, which enabled customers to be charged millions of dollars in fees unbeknownst to them. ASIC alleges that the contraventions ...

Advisers win annual renew law relief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... advice that reduces costly red tape on industry and maximises outcomes for consumers. The financial services Royal Commission recommended the annual renewal obligations in a bid to stamp out the fee-for-no-service problem that plagued the advice industry. ...

Research on education standards and morals launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... determine the impact that these changes may have had on the moral reasoning of advisers. The financial services Royal Commission mandated the professionalisation of advisers, forcing them to undertake further study and abide by a national code of ethics. ...

Adviser numbers at five-year low

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
The financial adviser population has reverted to the pre-financial services Royal Commission days, ending at 20,667 in the first quarter of 2021. Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register found that the total number of financial advisers ...

ASIC opens breach reporting consultation

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... brokers. "We support the reform goals to promote consistent, timely and high-quality reports. The Financial Services Royal Commission expressed concern about prolonged and repeated failures by large entities to make breach reports required by the law," ...