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ASIC developing regulatory guide for advice remediation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
ASIC has announced it is developing a regulatory guide for advice remediation programs for Australian financial services licensees. The regulator has participated in numerous advice review programs for major financial advice institutions, most notably ...

Wealthsure to cancel AFS licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... December 2011 and has now issued a second EU for WPL and WFS. WFS will now be required to continue implementing its remediation plan, which will continue to be overseen by an independent expert, Deloitte, and regular reporting will be made to ASIC until ...

NAB to take "leading role" in advice remediation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
During the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry, NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn said the bank was prepared to take a "leading role" in addressing the compensation gap for victims of poor financial advice. ...

ANZ sets up $30m compensation program for advice clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... since then. ANZ said it reported the issue to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and set up a remediation program with PwC and law firm Clayton Utz as external consultants. The bank is working with the regulator to "finalise ...

ASIC investigating false fees in large advice firms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... "including enforcement action." He added, "We will look to ensure that advice licensees follow a proper process of customer remediation and reimbursement of fees where such breaches have occurred."

FOS decries unpaid compensation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... also recommending ASIC establish industry-wide principles and operating guidelines for the implementation of major remediation programs by financial services providers, including interaction with independent dispute resolution arrangements. The submission ...

Abuse of reporting rules widespread: Medcraft

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... are now looking at how NAB identified and then dealt with problem advisers. We will also consider how they conducted remediation and whether they should have reported misconduct to ASIC."

Medcraft addresses ASIC's NAB response

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... legal powers. And the bank has been cooperative. ASIC has also initiated discussions with NAB Wealth about reviewing remediation provided to financial advice clients," he said. ASIC itself was mentioned in the recent press; leaked NAB Wealth documents ...

ASIC ends Macquarie EU but sees gaps in advice files

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... have been implemented, ASIC wants to see "further evidence that they are working." Kell did not give details on the remediation program and said that MEL will be providing an update soon.

Ex-ANZ adviser sent to jail over $6m fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... obtained their money. Through these regular payments, Scott derived a net benefit of approximately $2.9 million. A remediation program started by ANZ found that 157 of Scott's 1,283 clients were impacted to date. ANZ has paid $5.715 million to 140 clients ...