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BEAR has 'teeth': Treasurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... financial crisis, which was lacking in the legislative framework. Plugging this gap will enable APRA to step in or take over a failing bank or insurer with a crisis management toolkit, proving "invaluable" in bringing orderly resolution to stressed companies ...

Melbourne advice firm cops historic $1 million fine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... be made. The Court determined NSG's representatives breached s961B of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms by failing to take reasonable steps to ensure that they provided advice that complied with the best interests obligations. The firm was ...

Advisers must provide more than financial health checks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
Any financial adviser that isn't asking clients the same questions their doctor would is failing to act in the client's best interest. That is the opinion of Sydney advice firm Leading Advice managing director Katrina Haskew. She believes advisers must ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... Arrangements) Bill 2017 sitting before a Senate economics committee, AIST said there is no evidence that the current system is failing members or that the proposed model would improve member outcomes. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said the profit-to-member ...

Intergenerational business succession failing: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
Australian private and family business owners are about twice as likely to sell than hand over the reins to the next generation when compared to the global average, a report by PwC Australia found. But of the 38% that want the next generation to take ...

CBA climate risk court case abandoned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
Shareholders attempting to take the Commonwealth Bank to the Federal Court for historically failing to disclose climate change risks in its annual reports have withdrawn the claim. Legal correspondence between social justice group Environmental Justice ...

Labor, FSU call for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
APRA's inquiry into the Commonwealth Bank reinforces an urgent need for a banking Royal Commission, according to Labor and the Finance Sector Union of Australia. If there are doubts about the need for a Royal Commission a year ago, there can be no doubts ...

Uniformity required to combat cyber threats

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... many financial institutions lack management recognition or understanding of the importance of cyber security, thereby failing to adopt a co-ordinated approach across varied business functions. Deloitte Asia-Pacific cyber risk leader James Nunn-Price ...

ANZ foots compensation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... required refunds and compensation of $4.5 million, and remediation of $49 million. Some of the breaches include OnePath failing to disclose documentation for some insurance products; insufficiently supervising some outsourced functions (including third-party ...

CBA faces anti-money laundering allegations

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... should send a clear message to all reporting entities about the importance of meeting their legislative obligations. "By failing to have sound AML/CTF systems and controls in place, businesses are at risk of being misused for criminal purposes," Clark ...