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ANZ, CBA settle class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... for contravening the ASIC Act in the BBSW saga. However, most recently ANZ was accused of paying hush money to a whistleblower regarding the BBSW scandal.

SEC chair to depart

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
The chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced his intention to depart at the end of 2021, ahead of his term. Jay Clayton has served as chair for over three years and has been one of the longest-serving chairs of the SEC. He ...

Sexual harassment rife in financial services: O'Neill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
Labor Senator Deborah O'Neill has said the sexual harassment of women is rife within the financial services industry, not just at AMP. Speaking to the Financial Services Council at a virtual event, the Senator said she was disturbed after hearing ...

ASIC names operations, risk leads

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
The corporate regulator has made two senior appointments to lead its operations and risk management units. ASIC promoted long-serving employee Warren Day to the newly-created role of chief operating officer after serving as the executive director of ...

Another AMP worker recounts campaign of harassment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
A new whistleblower has come forward, recounting what amounts to a campaign of harassment and a derailing of her career at AMP, leading several other former employees to do the same. The account from the whistleblower was read to the Senate by Senator ...

ANZ accused of paying hush money on BBSW scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
In an action filed in the Federal Court ANZ has been accused of throwing a whistleblower under the bus, paying a fine as "hush money" and "virtue signalling" following ASIC's investigation into ANZ's alleged manipulation of the bank bill swap rate. ...

Magellan to use BasisCode for trading compliance

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... BasisCode. "[It] includes modules for testing and certifications, risk assessment, Forms Studio, gifts and entertainment, whistleblower, document portal, robust reporting and a portal for ease of use and seamless interaction with employees," BasisCode ...

Warren Buffett allegedly conned by German company

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Schulz. However, about three months later in May, Berkshire started to investigate the company after a tip off from a whistleblower, The Guardian reported. The German manufacturer fabricated at least 47 business deals by photo-shopping letterheads of ...

ASIC releases weekly regulatory tracker

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

Whistleblowers rewarded US $570k

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... rewarded for their efforts with the Securities and Exchange Commission awarding them a combined US $570,000. The first whistleblower received US $478,000 and the second US $94,000. The SEC did not reveal which cases the whistleblowers helped to crack ...