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GAM sacks investment director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
GAM Investments confirmed fixed income investment director Tim Haywood was dismissed for "gross misconduct" following an internal investigation. And he's appealing the decision. In August 2018, Haywood was at the centre of an investigation that ...

ASIC flags post-RC criminal prosecutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
The corporate regulator is anticipating a number of criminal actions to stem from its investigations into misconduct revealed at the financial services Royal Commission. Providing an update on its enforcement work in relation to the Royal Commission ...

Former Macquarie advisers have bans reduced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... because it was determined that neither Landau nor Campbell's clients, nor Macquarie itself, were disadvantaged by the misconduct. It was determined by ASIC that Landau and Campbell had falsified the content of client email exchanges to mislead or deceive ...

Hayne report raises professionalism stakes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... renew their registration. He also called for a single, central disciplinary body to ensure advisers are penalised for misconduct if their own licensee fails to do so. Taking on the cases outside ASIC's remit, the body could impose sanctions on advisers ...

Institutions respond to Royal Commission, make commitments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... take the stand - surprised him, in the sense that executives were to some extent unwilling to take responsibility for misconduct revealed during the earlier rounds. "It seemed to me that there remain elements of unwillingness to recognise, and to accept ...

ASIC enforcement must get tough: Commissioner

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... dealings with its subjects, the Royal Commission final report said. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne said when ASIC identifies misconduct, its starting point should be "why not litigate?" instead of the "negotiate" tack the regulator has traditionally taken. ...

Conflicts of interest recommendation falls short

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... of the industry and other profit-to-member super funds has avoided such conflicts resulting in "scarce evidence of misconduct or conduct falling below community expectations." In assessing the recommendations they appear to stop short of systemic reforms ...

AFSL reference checking protocols required

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... Government has agreed, saying the recommendation builds on its work to date to remove advisers who have engaged in misconduct from the industry. "Facilitating licensees to undertake reference checks will make it even more difficult for advisers who engage ...

Misconduct must end: Frydenberg

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... The banking, superannuation and financial services Royal Commission has made 76 recommendations to address industry misconduct and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the Federal Government will act on each of them. The Treasurer has put the blame of industry ...

Hayne recommends new regulatory overseer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... superannuation oversight. A new independent body will also oversee the regulators. Releasing his final report into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne recommended a new three-person oversight ...