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ASIC accepts EU firm from advice firm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2022
ASIC has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from financial advice firm Lasarith and its sole director and responsible manager Adam Smith. Lasarith, trading as Succession Matters, will cease operating its financial services business under its AFSL ...

Remediation bills revealed amid call for levy freeze extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... as its remediation for non-compliant advice was completed in June 2017 as part of Macquarie Equities' Enforceable Undertaking with ASIC, totalling $24.7 million. On the above data, ASIC noted that the term 'customers' broadly refers to individuals, couples ...

$150m capital overlay no more for Allianz Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... 2020 in recognition of Allianz's progress in addressing these issues. Last year, APRA accepted a court enforceable undertaking (CEU) from the insurer. Under the CEU, Allianz committed to rectifying its issues through a series of transformation programs ...

NAB evades AUSTRAC fine for non-compliance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... Commonwealth Bank and Westpac which received gargantuan fines for AML-CTF breaches, NAB has accepted an enforceable undertaking from AUSTRAC without pecuniary punishment. AUSTRAC opened the investigation into the bank as it had identified concerns about ...

ASIC unveils details of FSCP operations

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021
ASIC has released further information about the operations of the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP) and what financial advisers can expect next year. Set to commence on 1 January 2022, the FSCP under the Better Advice Bill will have the power ...

Longo's ASIC less aggressive: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
Despite a flood of litigation following the Royal Commission, a new report from Herbert Smith Freehills says Joe Longo's ASIC is taking a less aggressive enforcement approach than its contemporaries. Herbert Smith Freehills' Global Financial Services ...

AMP advances demerger

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
... cultural, performance and operational challenges since the Hayne Royal Commission. It recently entered into an enforceable undertaking with APRA for misconduct over its superannuation businesses and flagged that $325 million will be wiped out from the ...

AMP in enforceable undertaking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
AMP has entered a court enforceable undertaking with APRA over historical matters related to its superannuation business. The CEU follows more than two years of investigation by APRA and relates to trustees AMP Superannuation Limited and N.M. Superannuation ...

CBA completes review, sued by FWO

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... objectives, remuneration and accountability frameworks. APRA's final report saw the regulator accept an enforceable undertaking to establish a framework by which CBA will address the full set of recommendations in a timely manner. Commenting on the ...

ASIC clarifies adviser exam obligations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2019, and has not been banned, disqualified or subject to a court enforceable undertaking. A relevant provider is an AFS licensee or its representative, and is authorised to provide personal advice to retail clients ...