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Court fines ANZ for dodgy introducer program

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
... its home loan processes." "As part of the settlement, ANZ has agreed that its Customer Fairness Advisor will conduct a review of its Home Loan Introducer Program." ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court commented: "By failing to have robust compliance and training ...

FPA voices concern on proposed CSLR, FAR laws

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... (AFCA), including managed investment schemes (MIS)," Abood said. Of note, yesterday Treasury announced the start of its review of the regulatory framework for MIS, aimed at identifying gaps and potential areas for improvement. The review was announced ...

Review of managed investment schemes kicks off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
Treasury is commencing its review of the regulatory framework underpinning managed investment schemes (MIS), targeted at identifying gaps and possible areas for improvement. The review was announced as part of the Albanese government's first federal ...

QAR does not "trash" FoFA: Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... reforms, says Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Philip Anderson. Labeling QAR "the most important review of financial advice in more than a decade", Anderson explained he finds it hard to believe that some in the sector could oppose ...

Expect more greenwashing action: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... what's actually happening in the back end," Steffanoni said. "Disclosure reviews can't happen in isolation. Review of ESG-related disclosures should involve marketing, compliance and legal, investment and operations because all parts of the financial ...

Regulators sound alarm on cybersecurity, fraud in super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... come up about how quickly or not quickly we're paying out death benefits, and rollovers in this industry." During a review of internal dispute resolution data, ASIC found 20% of funds are not meeting their statutory obligations, this needs improvement ...

abrdn terminates funds amid transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... Select Sustainable International Equities Fund will both be shuttered. The fund manager said the decision follows a review of its product range. On the $42 million Sustainable Australian Equity Fund, which was launched in 1999 before being renamed in ...

ASIC permanently bans former advisers

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... the financial advice and credit industries. Goel has the right to appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of ASIC's decision. Meanwhile, Sweeney has been barred from providing any financial services, performing any function involved ...

Wilsons Advisory fined $550k by ASIC MDP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... Improvement (TWPI). The $548,328 penalty was paid to comply with an infringement notice the MDP issued Wilsons following a review of transactions found 2306 trades were executed away from an order book and reported as TWPI when the trades did not actually ...

ASIC bans Gold Coast businessman

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
... ASIC's banned and disqualified register. Finerty has the right to appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of the decision.