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Criminal charges filed against CBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
ASIC has brought 30 criminal charges against Commonwealth Bank for mis-selling consumer credit insurance, with the bank to plead guilty. The charges relate to CBA's promotion and sale of CreditCard Plus and Loan Protection policies as an add-on insurance ...

BTFM, Asgard Capital fined $3m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
The Federal Court will force BT Funds Management and Asgard Capital Management to pay $1.5 million each for charging fees for no service and making misleading statements. Between September 2014 and August 2017, the court found that the companies harmed ...

CBA offloads general insurance arm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
Commonwealth Bank has announced the sale of CommInsure General Insurance to the Hollard Group after divesting CommInsure Life and BoCommLife. Announced this morning, the sale agreement includes a 15-year strategic alliance that provides Hollard with ...

Premiums to increase at ESSSuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
The $31 billion government fund has informed members that their life insurance premiums will be increasing. ESSSuper, the government fund for the emergency services based in Melbourne, informed members in its accumulation plan that the cost of death ...

Westpac senior leader departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
The former head of Westpac Private who has been working in consumer and business banking has departed after a decade with the bank. Westpac confirmed Jane Watts is leaving the company after 10 years. Her most recent position was as business chief customer ...

Criminal charges filed against ME Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions is pursuing criminal charges against ME Bank following an ASIC investigation. The regulator said the charges relate to contraventions of sections 12DB(1)(g) and 12GB(1) of the ASIC Act and sections 64(1) ...

Super fund liquidity could be better: RBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
While the events of 2020 showed superannuation funds manage liquidity well, funds should consider the extent to which they rely on certain asset classes for liquidity, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has said. In its Financial Stability Report for ...

ASIC sues CBA over monthly fees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
The corporate regulator has commenced civil proceedings against Commonwealth Bank over allegations it wrongly charged monthly fees to customers over a nine-year period. ASIC alleges CBA incorrectly charged $55 million in monthly access fees to nearly ...

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 ...

ADB invests in sustainable start-ups

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has made its first investments in start-ups that help address development challenges in emerging countries, mainly focusing on climate and gender impact. The ADB Ventures Equity Fund, the bank's first investment fund ...