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ASIC grilled on whistleblower compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... to open an investigation and uncover fraudulent activity. The whistleblower provided a detailed description of the misconduct and specifically identified individuals behind the wrongdoing to help the SEC bring a successful enforcement action. The whistleblower ...

CBA publicly welcomes former staff bans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... Sharnie Kent and Stuart Jamieson. In a press release issued by the bank it said it reported concerns it had regarding misconduct to ASIC and to the police, and has co-operated in the ongoing investigations. The move comes amid the bank's ongoing Open ...

ASIC hits advice firm with more licence conditions

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... best interests of their clients. We know that deficiencies in licensee guidance and supervision can lead to systemic misconduct by advisers," said ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell. ASIC's statement concluded by acknowledging "the cooperation of TFSA to date ...

No industry is immune from poor culture risk: ASIC

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... treatment of investors and consumers. "Identifying poor culture can help with detecting not just individual instances of misconduct, but broader, more systemic problems," he said.

ASIC bans former NAB-aligned adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... to March 2006, and then July 2007 to June 2014. During that time, ASIC has alleged that Chong engaged in a range of misconduct, including: providing "inappropriate advice" (sometimes without issuing a statement of advice), failing to determine clients' ...

ASIC seeks to wind up $18m manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... managed investment schemes" - has reportedly "contravened its duties in relation to a number of the schemes." Areas of misconduct include failing to act in the best interests of scheme members, exercise the required degree of care and diligence and do ...

IOOF appoints head of best advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... IOOF has appointed an SFG Australia executive to the role of head of best advice, following media leaks that revealed misconduct within the advice research division. An IOOF spokesperson confirmed to Financial Standard that Paul Cullen will be IOOF's ...

ISA voices strong opposition to "radical" super reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... while leaving largely unchanged the model that has underperformed and has been ineffective at preventing widespread misconduct." ISA said the draft legislation "is misdirected, imposes rigid and inflexible regulation, intrudes into the private affairs ...

ASIC bans auditor and adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... Combined Insurance but received upfront and volume bonus commissions from selling policies. During that time, Gupta's misconduct included issuing a policy to a client without the client's approval, using one client's bank account details on another client's ...

IOOF execs asked to face Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... Commonwealth Bank. The request to meet IOOF representatives came after information made public by Fairfax revealed cases of misconduct within the group's research division. Senator Williams said that the Committee wants to give IOOF an opportunity to ...