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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 ...

Investment manager criminally charged

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... separating client money from money belonging to licensees," ASIC said. "Breaching client money provisions is serious misconduct and risks undermining investor confidence." The maximum penalty for each of the charges is around $45,000. SGSA provided financial ...

Foreign fund managers granted licensing relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... framework facilitates Australian wholesale access to foreign investment opportunities, preserves market integrity against misconduct in wholesale markets, and strengthens ASIC's ability to take effective regulatory and supervisory action," Armour said. ...

Banned advisers still working in advice: FPA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... directorships including responsible managers. It pointed to evidence from the Royal Commission which showed potential misconduct in relation to AFSL representatives providing general advice, directors, management and other AFSL employees. "The FPA notes ...

Advice groups criticise rushed legislation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... ASIC, intra-fund advice is personal advice," the AFA submission said. "The reason that there were no suggestions of misconduct with respect to intra-fund advice was in part as a result of the fact that, at that stage, ASIC had not done any comprehensive ...

IOOF restructures leadership team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... of shareholders, with Shine Lawyers launching action against the firm. The law firm conducted an investigation into misconduct which saw it obtain a Federal Court order for IOOF to produce documents related to the alleged misconduct. "IOOF shareholders ...

ASIC turns up the heat on enforcement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... on from a Royal Commission lambasting, ASIC is continuing to increase its efforts to chasten large institutions for misconduct, latest enforcement activity numbers show. In its latest six monthly report into its enforcement and regulatory work, ASIC ...

IOOF faces new class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... commenced a new class action against IOOF on behalf of shareholders. Shine Lawyers conducted an investigation into misconduct at IOOF which included obtaining a Federal Court order for IOOF to produce documents relevant to the alleged misconduct. "IOOF ...

Wells Fargo coughs up $4.5 billion

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... while also driving Wells Fargo forward." Since 2016, Wells Fargo has made several significant changes to ensure the misconduct that occurred for over a decade can never happen again. These include leadership changes; a new chief executive and a majority ...

GAM profits fall 92%, management team overhauled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... previous year. Last year's high-profile scandal involving fixed income investment director Tim Haywood's "gross misconduct" is largely to blame, with investors pulling more than $17 billion (CHF 11.1 billion) from funds on the news. GAM's ...