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Hayne recommends new regulatory overseer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... recognise the relevance and importance of general and specific deterrence in deciding whether to accept an enforceable undertaking. Additionally, Hayne called on ASIC to separate enforcement staff from non-enforcement related contact with regulated entities. ...

Commonwealth FP fails to meet EU obligations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... failed to provide ASIC with an attestation and acceptable final report from Ernst & Young as part of the Enforceable Undertaking entered in April 2018 and in regards to fees for no service. As a result, CFPL is now required to immediately stop charging ...

ASIC suspends online broker AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... Halifax's risk management and compliance following six months of surveillance. The regulator accepted an enforceable undertaking from Halifax at the time, which required it to put in place a plan to rectify the deficiencies.

Royal Commission: ASIC rethinks negotiation tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... was the Superannuation Consumers' Centre benefitting from a $1.25 million payment as a result of an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) ASIC entered into with CBA and ANZ following an investigation that found they missold super products. Shipton said the ...

Former adviser jailed, ASIC posts FY18 stats

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
A former Professional Investment Services financial adviser has been jailed for dishonesty following an ASIC investigation. The former PIS financial adviser and representative Satvir Singh Birk was sentenced to two-and-a-half years' imprisonment ...

Enforceable undertakings are effective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Despite receiving a bad rap for being ineffective during the financial services Royal Commission, new research finds the majority of enforceable undertakings deter future misconduct. This is according to a joint study conducted by ASIC and the University ...

Bank-owned advice firm requests ASIC extension

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... a bank's financial advice subsidiary has sought an extension to complete a major report as part of its enforceable undertaking. ASIC said Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (CFPL) recently requested an extension for Ernst & Young (EY) to produce ...

CBA releases remediation scorecard

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... accountability in August 2017. The APRA inquiry's final report made 35 recommendations and triggered an enforceable undertaking, that forced CBA to put in place the remediation action plan. CBA broke down APRA's 35 recommendations into 45 recommendations ...

Former MyPlanner adviser fails best interests test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
The corporate regulator has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a former MyPlanner financial adviser for failing to act in the best interests of his clients. Wollongong-based adviser James Phillip Allen is prohibited from providing financial services ...

Royal Commission challenges super regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... likely to encourage conduct that courts contraventions of statute." This is because the entity giving an enforceable undertaking is not required to "disgorge the profits of its conduct, may not even be required to remediate customers for loss they have ...