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OPINION: Post RC, where to now for retail super?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... oversight. The push for more court prosecutions should also hopefully spell the end on those embarrassing Enforceable Undertakings. Pulling all this together means that superannuation groups that source most of their inflows from their tied and aligned ...

Hayne recommends new regulatory overseer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... large corporations, Hayne said ASIC should recognise infringement notices will rarely be appropriate. Enforceable undertakings - which ASIC was criticised for using too much - were also in the commissioner's firing line, with Hayne recommending the corporate ...

Former adviser jailed, ASIC posts FY18 stats

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... services. About $42.2 million of civil penalties were paid. According to ASIC's FY18 annual report, enforceable undertakings totalled 27 for the period. ASIC has come under fire for relying on EUs and to negotiate outcomes instead of imposing harsher ...

Enforceable undertakings are effective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... being ineffective during the financial services Royal Commission, new research finds the majority of enforceable undertakings deter future misconduct. This is according to a joint study conducted by ASIC and the University of NSW, which shows financial ...

Bank-owned advice firm requests ASIC extension

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... are paying ongoing service fees. A copy of the executive summary of EY's report can be accessed via the Enforceable undertakings register. EY's findings on remediation In relation to the remediation of CFPL customers, EY found that: For the periods 1 ...

Regulatory inadequacy to blame: Hayne

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... kind is common. And responses of this kind to revelations of wrongdoings are generally accompanied by apologies and undertakings to take steps to restore public trust, he said. "That generally similar conduct occurred in all of the major entities suggests ...

Royal Commission challenges super regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... sufficient to commence a proceeding against one company - namely Westpac - to "test the law" and obtain enforceable undertakings against others in the hope the misconduct would stop. Hodge countered this view, stating ASIC's practise of accepting ...

ASIC defends enforceable undertakings at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... disciplinary action on CBA, ANZ and Westpac. The discussion related to July 6 this year when CBA and ANZ entered enforceable undertakings with ASIC for offering their customers superannuation products right after a general fact-finding questionnaire ...

APRA banned one person in 10 years: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... supported her witness statement assertion that court proceedings take a long time to conclude. Rowell said enforceable undertakings were more cost efficient and timely than court proceedings. Hodge challenged Rowell, asking if an EU was sought by the ...

Super funds suit up for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... to deadlock in the absence of independent directors. The "heavy reliance" on negotiated ASIC and APRA enforceable undertakings as an enforcement mechanism, and having multiple regulators responsible for conduct may be scrutinized, Steffanoni says. The ...