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Westpac off the hook in BBSW scandal

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... hearing will decide the penalty and relief. The date is yet to be determined. ASIC has been going after potential BBSW misconduct for about five years now. Early casualties included UBS in 2013 and BNP Paribas and the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2014. ...

AMP hit with another proposed class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... intend to recover some of the funds lost by AMP shareholders in the wake of the Royal Commission, with revelations of misconduct causing the institutions share price to plummet by 11% in the following week alone. The fallout saw both AMP's chair Catherine ...

Vertical integration needs overhaul: Poll

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
As the advice industry reels from the impact of Royal Commission misconduct revelations that stemmed from vertically-integrated models, seven in ten Financial Standard readers are of the opinion these model need a revamp. Starting May 7, we asked our ...

Adviser disciplinary regime has holes: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... said the same goes for ASIC and EDR (external dispute resolution) schemes. With ASIC's process of identifying adviser misconduct and subsequently issuing banning orders sometimes taking up to two years, it allows unethical advisers to continue to operate ...

Royal Commission sees increased ASIC, APRA funding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... is still occurring) and balancing it against ASIC's current strategic priorities. She also said that investigating misconduct and issuing banning orders was a resource-intensive process. Orr asked: "Given the resource-intensive nature of that process ...

Federal government responds to white collar crime Senate inquiry

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... breaches to ASIC within 30 days. "(Royal Commission) will consider internal systems of financial entities to identify misconduct. The Government will defer implementation of this recommendation to enable it to take account any findings arising out of ...

IOOF flags ANZ Wealth results ahead of acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... claim made by clients within five years of completion relating to various types of adviser pre-completion conduct, misconduct and non-compliance."

Chief economist update: A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... weaker housing market, rising bank funding costs, pressure on its financial sector from a Royal Commission into its misconduct, and political uncertainty." I couldn't have said it any better myself. For sure and for certain, these "headwinds" can blow ...

Uncertainty abounds future of advice regulation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... associations and the corporate regulator raised concerns as to the organisations' efficacy in identifying and penalising misconduct. In closing the Royal Commission's inquiry into financial advice on Friday, Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr said the ...

AMP becomes class action target

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... latest firm to finance proposed class action proceedings against AMP in light of evidence at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. The litigation funding group said it will fund class action ...