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ASIC takes action against former AMP adviser

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... business without an AFS licence. The action falls within the corporate regulator's Wealth Management Major Financial Institutions Portfolio, which sees ASIC investigate the potential failings of Australia's six largest financial institutions: NAB, Westpac ...

HUB24 announces new board appointment

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... worked for several national and international law firms, as well as serving as in-house legal counsel with financial institutions such as MLC, where she served on the leadership team. Most recently, Stringer worked with ASIC and is currently engaged ...

Enforcement appetite is working: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... intensified approach establishes a supervisory framework and methodology designed to strengthen the resilience of financial institutions by addressing, and ideally preventing, issues of poor risk governance, misaligned incentives and misconduct that ...

Many benefits to going your own way: CMC Markets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... Institutional APAC, Andrew Shade has commented on the benefits of financial advisers moving away from large financial institutions following the Royal Commissions. He highlighted three key benefits that are driving the trend towards independence. One ...

APRA to take transparent approach

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... practices across the sectors it regulates,. APRA said the new method would aim to strengthen the resilience of financial institutions by addressing and preventing issues the regulator believes have undermined confidence in financial services recently. ...

Westpac chief believes in financial advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... misconduct across the financial services sector identified by the Hayne Royal Commission, it is important that financial institutions are held accountable and to ensure that they make the crucial improvements needed to start restoring trust in our financial ...

AFCA delivers $185m in compensation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... days; 70% of those were resolved in favour of the complainant. Banks won out for the most complained about financial institutions in the country, followed by general insurers. Australians are making an average of 200 complaints a day, with AFCA receiving ...

Retail fund faces class action on MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... "It's clear from both the Royal Commission and from the case Maurice Blackburn has put together that financial institutions in this country need to do a lot better by their clients, so it is only fair that we're able to seek accountability for ...

ACCC to probe rate cut decisions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... was designed to ensure 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 ...

Super funds face scrutiny in Canberra

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... two day hearing in Canberra in November as part of its ongoing review of the four major banks and other financial institutions. Other funds set to appear include Suncorp, Nulis Nominees Australia and Rest. IFM Investors, Industry Super Australia, the ...