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ASIC chases licensee over conflicted remuneration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... Court. The corporate regulator is seeking to declare The SMSF Club and its licensee RM Capital contravened the Corporations Act on as many as 259 occasions in accepting referral benefits from a real estate agent who sold property to the firm's clients ...

Macquarie Securities cops ASIC penalty

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... an admission of guilt or liability, and Macquarie is not taken to have contravened subsection 798H(1) of the Corporations Act, ASIC said. "The MDP considers Macquarie's conduct to be negligent, having regard to Macquarie's poor design and implementation ...

Former Beacon adviser banned

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... Bruni from providing any financial services permanently earlier this month. The banning order was made under the Corporations Act 2001 sections 920A(1) and 920B(2). Section 920A gives ASIC the power to ban a person for reasons that include: failing to ...

Former Kaz Capital adviser banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... concerns included how Kaz Capital was monitoring advisers and whether it met its compliance obligations under the Corporations Act. The licence conditions required Kaz Capital to engage an independent expert to review the firm's implementation of recommendations ...

ASIC catches illegal dual licensees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... licence holders after an investigation into 65 AFS licence holders found that 58 were breaking the law. Under the Corporations Act, an AFS licensee cannot be the authorised representative of another AFS licensee - with the only exceptions being general ...

IOOF responds to class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... to a five year low. Quinn Emanual alleges IOOF's conduct breached continuous disclosure obligations under the Corporations Act 2001 and ASX listing rules. The firm also alleges IOOF engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct, which resulted in shareholders ...

ASIC outlines enforcement efforts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... "the framework was really complex" because the swap rate is not a financial product clearly covered under the Corporations Act. Court settlements were ordered against Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank and ANZ on similar matters. Total civil ...

AMP overhauls wealth leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... forced to acknowledge 196 instances of misconduct relating to financial advice, as well as contraventions to the Corporations Act and the ASIC Act in relation to fees for no service during the Royal Commission. These revelations forced AMP's chief ...

Liquidation likely for Halifax

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... operating losses "since at least January 2017." The report said contraventions of client monies rules and the Corporations Act appeared to have occurred, with operating expenses paid directly from client monies. Ferrier Hodgson's report also noted it ...

Consultation opens for claim handling changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... limited. Primarily, Treasury outlined concerns that the change might trigger a number of requirements under the Corporations Act that would apply to AFSLs where they provide financial advice in the course of handling an insurance claim. Treasury said ...