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Openmarkets hit with largest ever MDP penalty

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... trading. To rectify these breaches and comply with the infringement notice, Openmarkets has entered into an enforceable undertaking. This requires the broker to bring on board an independent expert to assess and report on its organisation and technical ...

Former Capstone adviser in EU with ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
A former Capstone Financial Planning adviser is in a court enforceable undertaking with ASIC after he failed to maintain adequate records to show clients were receiving the services they'd paid for. Gregory Blackaby, formerly of Acquire Strategic Advisers ...

Suncorp wage scandal comes to a head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
Suncorp has signed an Enforceable Undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman and reimbursed its staff with a back-payment of $32 million, inclusive of interest and superannuation. Suncorp underpaid nearly 16,000 employees between May 2014 and March 2022. ...

Bank of Queensland slapped with EU

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
APRA and AUSTRAC have agreed to a court enforceable undertaking (CEU) following weakness in the bank's risk management and money laundering controls. APRA said it's acted following several beaches or its prudential standards and a review that ...

Government targets ASX dominance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
The Australian government has released draft legislation aimed at promoting competition in the clearing and settlement services market. Under the proposed legislation, ASIC will have the authority to create regulations to encourage competition while ...

ASIC accepts EU firm from advice firm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2022
ASIC has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from financial advice firm Lasarith and its sole director and responsible manager Adam Smith. Lasarith, trading as Succession Matters, will cease operating its financial services business under its AFSL ...

Remediation bills revealed amid call for levy freeze extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... as its remediation for non-compliant advice was completed in June 2017 as part of Macquarie Equities' Enforceable Undertaking with ASIC, totalling $24.7 million. On the above data, ASIC noted that the term 'customers' broadly refers to individuals, couples ...

$150m capital overlay no more for Allianz Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... 2020 in recognition of Allianz's progress in addressing these issues. Last year, APRA accepted a court enforceable undertaking (CEU) from the insurer. Under the CEU, Allianz committed to rectifying its issues through a series of transformation programs ...

NAB evades AUSTRAC fine for non-compliance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... Commonwealth Bank and Westpac which received gargantuan fines for AML-CTF breaches, NAB has accepted an enforceable undertaking from AUSTRAC without pecuniary punishment. AUSTRAC opened the investigation into the bank as it had identified concerns about ...

ASIC unveils details of FSCP operations

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021
ASIC has released further information about the operations of the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP) and what financial advisers can expect next year. Set to commence on 1 January 2022, the FSCP under the Better Advice Bill will have the power ...