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ASIC slams consumer credit failures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... telephone sales staff use high-pressure selling and other "unfair sales practices" when selling CCI. ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes said the corporate regulator was "deeply troubled" by the findings in the report, which included the likes of Commonwealth ...

ASIC outlines enforcement efforts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... current systems, policies and procedures. Findings must be reported back to ASIC with nine months. ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes said the court found after a six week contested trial : "Westpac traded with the dominant purpose of manipulating the benchmark ...

Regulators unite for life insurance transparency

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... who will use them to gain deeper insights into the performance of the life insurers they oversee." ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes said both the online tool and APRA's data publication complemented each other, and added the joint data initiative would ...

Former adviser cops 10-year prison sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... deliberately breached his clients' trust. ASIC welcomes the sentencing decision handed down today," ASIC Commissioner Sean Hughes said. Nakhl is a former representative of Australian Financial Services Limited which has since gone into liquidation. ...

ASIC appoints second deputy chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... alongside Daniel Crennan, who was appointed co-deputy chair in March, and two new commissioners in Danielle Press and Sean Hughes. Frydenberg announced Press and Hughes' appointments in September. Press had a short stint as chief executive of Myer Family ...

Kell resigns from ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... resignation brings ASIC's commissioner lineup to six, with new commissioner Danielle Press starting this week and Sean Hughes commencing later in the year. ASIC also recently appointed a second deputy chair in Daniel Crennan QC who has a key focus on ...

ASIC hires former super executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... period of five years each. Among his first duties as Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg announced Danielle Press and Sean Hughes will join the corporate regulator. Press was most recently the chief executive of Myer Family between July 2016 and November ...

UniSuper appoints legal specialists

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... DKN, Lonsdale and most recently as a consultant to Holley Nethercote Lawyers. UniSuper chief risk and legal officer, Sean Hughes, said the growth of UniSuper meant there was a need to use existing resources far more efficiently and to grow in maturity. ...

Aust advisers to get dual Aust-NZ recognition

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... services in each other's countries based on the qualifications and experience they have attained from their home country. Sean Hughes, chief executive officer of Financial Markets Authority, said the arrangements is a significant step which supports ...

ASIC imposes additional condition on Barkworth Olives dealers' licence

... within the prescribed time frame, and rectified in a timely manner," ASIC Director of financial services regulation Sean Hughes said.