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ASIC opens breach reporting consultation

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
The corporate regulator is seeking stakeholder feedback on updates to draft guidance on breach reporting reforms that aim to reduce industry misconduct. ASIC's draft guidance is based on reforms made to the breach reporting regime under the F inancial ...

Government opens consultation on key advice reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... or have breached the education and training requirements or the Code of Ethics. Advisers involved in someone else's breach of a financial service law will also be referred, as will those who provide advice while unregistered and those who fail to ...

Delay breach reporting law: AFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... about Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's recommendation that in order to help protect consumers, AFSL holders must follow breach-reporting regulations when representatives engage in misconduct. Hayne recommended that significant breaches and investigations ...

Goldsky director charged

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
The founder of Goldsky Investments has been charged with engaging in dishonest conduct and operating a financial services business without a licence. Kenneth Charles Grace was charged with eight counts of dishonest conduct and one of operating a financial ...

NAB MySuper class action heads to Federal Court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
Maurice Blackburn's class action against MLC Nominees and NULIS Nominees has moved to the Federal Court, following a decision late last year. The class action brought by Maurice Blackburn against MLC Nominees and NULIS in January 2020 on behalf ...

APRA takes action against Macquarie

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
Following multiple breaches to prudential and reporting standards, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has hit Macquarie Bank with increased liquidity and operational risk capital requirements. Macquarie Bank breached APRA's reporting ...

ASIC sues CBA over monthly fees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... which caused the overcharging in January 2011. It was only in December 2018 that CBA notified ASIC and lodged its first breach reports in May 2019. "ASIC commenced this proceeding because financial institutions need to have robust compliance systems ...

Clime revamps strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
Clime has made progress on what it calls "project streamline" - a simplification of its operations focused on cost reduction. "Today we are pleased to announce that project streamline is no longer a project, but already part of our operating rhythm," ...

Westpac considering NZ demerger

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
Westpac has revealed it is in the early stages of reviewing the feasibility of its 160-year-old New Zealand division as capital requirements ramp up. Westpac noted the NZ business continues to perform well but the regulatory requirements in New Zealand ...

ASIC releases fee consent instrument

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... services licensees or authorised representatives to provide clients with disclosures on lack of independence where they would breach section 923A of the Corporations Act or if they have used words such as "independence", "impartial" or "unbiased in marketing ...