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ASIC policy on debenture trustees inconsistent: MSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... Corporations Act. The section lays the requirements for trustees of unlisted debenture insurers including how much personal indemnity insurance they should hold. MSC said it understood ASIC applied the financial requirements unevenly to only professional ...

ASIC cancels stockbroker AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... ensure Halifax continues to have arrangements for compensating retail clients, including the holding of professional indemnity insurance cover and terminating existing arrangements with clients. Last year ASIC suspended Halifax's AFS licence until 10 ...

CountPlus to continue acquisition spree

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... remediation matters as assessed by Commonwealth Bank with the bank providing $1.735 million in payments and a $300 million indemnity to cover past conduct. As a result, Count Financial has implemented its "clean" user pays, fee-for-service licensee model ...

Cost of advice soars as red tape grows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... viable. "The cost of operating a financial planning practice is significant," De Gori said. "The cost of professional indemnity insurance has skyrocketed in recent years and regulatory and compliance costs continue to rise." De Gori said multiple inquiries ...

BOQ sells insurance business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... transaction is expected to be completed by the end of FY21, and is subject to regulatory approvals. BOQ will provide a capped indemnity to Farmcove for certain pre-completion matters, the bank said. In addition, a vendor load has been agreed between ...

Ratings deteriorate at AMP

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... finance loans granted to aligned advice firms. "However, positively for its stand-alone credit profile, AMP Bank has an indemnity from AMP Group for losses arising from this portfolio of loans," Moody's said. The bank's residential mortgage portfolio ...

Count Financial faces class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... charged. Count Financial was a subsidiary of CBA until October 2019 when it was acquired by CountPlus. CBA has provided an indemnity to CountPlus of $300 million for the conduct that occurred prior to and after the acquisition. The class action proceedings ...

CBA ups remediation bill for advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... trust; CountPlus acquired the firm from CBA on 1 October 2019. "In connection with the acquisition, CBA provided an indemnity to cover remediation of past conduct, up to a maximum of $200 million," CountPlus said. "On 31 December 2019, CountPlus reported ...

Advisers file class action against AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... chief executive Francesco De Ferrari that the prevalence of class actions in Australia is driving up the cost of public indemnity insurance and of doing business here. AMP is currently facing two other class actions. Speaking to Financial Standard, The ...

ASIC suspends OTC derivatives issuer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... period. This includes a dispute resolution scheme, arrangements for compensating retail clients, to hold professional indemnity insurance and to allow the termination of existing arrangements with current clients of Union Standard. At this stage no new ...