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Financial institution charged over Epstein scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
The US Department of Financial Services (DFS) has hit Deutsche Bank with a US$150 million penalty for the bank's relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. This marks the first enforcement action by a regulator against a financial institution ...

Super reform should happen, but not now: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... have been on the table for a long time, and while they are worth doing, now is not the appropriate time. "By contrast, failing to manage the wash-up of COVID-19 over the next six to 12 months could lead to an unpleasant economic shock, progressing to ...

ASIC cracks down on investment manager

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... client money into unauthorised bank accounts between December 2014 and September 2018. SGSA was charged with two counts of failing to pay client money into segregated authorised bank accounts and two counts of failing to comply with requirements relating ...

38 staff punished over AUSTRAC scandal: Westpac

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Westpac has confirmed 38 staff copped a range of remuneration consequences as a result of the bank's investigations into the AUSTRAC scandal. In a statement, the bank confirmed it should have recognised the faults in its systems earlier. "The report ...

FASEA boycott sparks in-fighting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... advisers. ASIC surveillance identified serious concerns about the licensee's compliance with its obligations as an AFSL, failing to do all things necessary to ensure financial services provided were done so efficiently, honestly and fairly. "The ...

IRESS advances surprise bid for OneVue

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... interest and is entitled to the whole of the sale proceeds, OneVue is considering the China-Taiping claim, and if necessary, failing agreement, intends to seek a court determination affirming its priority interest and entitlements," OVH said this morning. ...

Adviser banned for five years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... comply with financial services laws, including failure to provide advice that was in the best interests of his clients and failing to provide advice that was appropriate for his clients' objectives. Lewis worked with a number of AFSLs throughout his ...

ASIC revokes AFSL suspension, cancels another

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... entity Ausfunds Management's ASFL. ASIC said it revoked the suspended Ausfunds' AFSL because it had breached its licence by failing to maintain sufficient financial resources. "In response to the suspension order, Ausfunds raised sufficient funds to ...

S&P kicks companies off ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... launched last year, with some surprising companies kicked out. Twitter and Walmart were dropped from the ESG index for failing to meet certain ESG standards while Facebook, which was removed last year due to several controversies, made a re-entry. Twitter ...

ASIC secures $160m in remediation over junk credit insurance

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
ASIC has announced it has secured $160 million in remediation for consumers sold junk credit insurance from 11 major banks and lenders between 2011 and 2018. These include offerings from ANZ, Australian Central Credit Union, Bank of Queensland, Bendigo ...