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CBA profit tops $9 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... administration. The bank's expenses increased 5% on the prior year with regulatory compliance and financial planning remediation costs the major drivers. CBA invested $1.2 billion on risk and compliance projects, technology and productivity. During the ...

Regulation is not the only answer: Herbert Smith Freehills

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... raising some key questions around governance: "Is financial penalty the right one to apply? Are we after deterrence, remediation or punishment? Or all three?" Referring to the recent regulatory changes in the financial planning industry, he said: "Regulators ...

Macquarie adviser forged signatures, lied to clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... process to compensate clients of Hickman for any losses suffered as a result of his conduct as part of a broader client remediation process which has been undertaken by MEL as agreed under an enforceable undertaking accepted by ASIC in January 2013.

ASIC financial services enforcements down 10%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... Macquarie and CBA, ASIC noted in its half-yearly enforcement report that it intends to develop a regulatory guide on remediation programs by Australian financial services licensees. "We want to ensure that if an AFS licensee needs to provide remediation ...

Macquarie pays $11m advice compensation so far

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Macquarie Group's comprehensive advice remediation program has paid $11 million to disgruntled advice clients a year after it was put in place. Documents made public by the group prior to the annual general meeting today reveal that, to 30 June 2015 ...

ASIC bans Macquarie representative

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... compensate clients of O'Malley for any losses suffered as a result of his conduct and as part of a broader client remediation process which has been undertaken by the company and as agreed under an enforceable undertaking accepted by ASIC in January ...

Bank results underpin wealth management new era

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... detriment." The industry will need to be proactive in this approach to avoid "the reputation and financial impacts of remediation and regulator intervention." While the big four have made some improvements to their wealth management arms, "the impact ...

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. ...