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IFM adds to leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... not clearly indicate that the sought for investigation will include bank-owned retail funds - which were the locus of misconduct in the Royal Commission, and were found to systematically underperform by the Productivity Commission," Combet wrote.

CBA coughs up $5m over RC case study

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... negligence in establishing and maintaining systems to ensure it could provide the benefits of the package. Despite the misconduct and large number of customers impacted by the AA+ Package, ASIC said the $5 million penalty was appropriate. "A pecuniary ...

IFM Investors hits back at MP demanding probe

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... not clearly indicate that the sought for investigation will include bank-owned retail funds - which were the locus of misconduct in the Royal Commission, and were found to systematically underperform by the Productivity Commission," Combet wrote in the ...

TPB cracks down on 74 tax practitioners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... explanation from all 74 tax practitioners." He added that there will be serious sanctions for those found guilty of misconduct and for those who fail to respond to enquiries from the TPD about the SAN misuse. "Misconduct or failure to adequately respond ...

Advisers involved in ERS scams: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... whether registered financial advisers were part of such schemes. "This is an area we will be monitoring closely for misconduct," Eccleston said. She encouraged super trustees to have proper oversight practices over third party use of SuperMatch2 authorisation. ...

ASIC secures $160m in remediation over junk credit insurance

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... and now remediation outcomes - shows how we can and will comprehensively intervene when we find systemic failings and misconduct." To date, lenders and insurers have already paid over $128 million to over 312,000 consumers, ASIC said. A further $32 million ...

ASIC releases weekly regulatory tracker

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... usual functions will be maintained including registry operations and services, receipt of whistleblower, breach and misconduct reports and general contact points for industry.

Adviser bans fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... strategy and priorities for 2019-21 and increase its capacity to investigate market, corporate and financial sector misconduct. The regulator said it has also focused on using its additional resources to take on more enforcement work and made very significant ...

Life insurers prepare for grilling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... sector to provide high-quality policies and respond quickly when claims are made," Wilson said. "Given the widespread misconduct in the insurance sector identified by the Hayne Royal Commission, it is important that insurers and those in the industry ...

Financial services exec embroiled in bribery scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... scheme to bribe high-level Ghanaian officials in pursuit of firm business and his own enrichment," he said. "Berko's misconduct was egregious and individual accountability remains a key component to our FCPA enforcement efforts. "The firm's compliance ...