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Narev points to GFC for bank dissatisfaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
A historic wave of bank bashing does not simply explain the current environment according to Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev. Speaking at a lunch hosted by the Trans-Tasman Business Circle in Sydney yesterday, Narev discussed the changing ...

ASIC finalises IOOF inquiry

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... licensee and governance breaches, specifically consistency of breach reporting, compliance arrangements, disclosure, whistleblower policies and conflicts of interest. While ASIC said "in our view the corporate culture at that time within IOOF contributed ...

Banks launch major consumer protection program today

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... independent review of product sales commissions, led by Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers senior partner Gina Cass-Gottlieb. Whistleblower protections will also be enhanced. Each bank will appoint an independent customer advocate, broaden external dispute resolution ...

ASIC user-pay model "eminently sensible": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... Securities and Exchange Commission Jordan Thomas. Speaking to Financial Standard, Thomas, now chair of Labaton Sucharow's whistleblower representation practice, compared the proposal to a similar (failed) one in the US, where ex-SEC chair Mary Schapiro ...

Australian system needs "substantial reassessment": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... benefit from "substantial reassessment." Speaking to Financial Standard, Thomas, now chair of Labaton Sucharow's whistleblower representation practice, responded to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison's assertion that ASIC already ...

Combined Insurance to cease new Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... circumstances that were unfair and may have been misleading and deceptive." This was compounded further in 2015 when whistleblower Alison Moore exposed what she described as a "greed is good" culture at the insurer. She said Combined agents were selling ...

ASIC grilled on whistleblower compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... progress ASIC is making in setting up a scheme to compensate whistleblowers, Medcraft did not refer specifically to whistleblower protection, but to broader actions that ASIC is working on. He said the regulator is talking to the government and reminded ...

CBA whistleblower flags unfair compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
CBA has been accused of severely mishandling its Open Advice Review program by a former employee. Former Open Advice Review assessment manager Russell Phillips alleged at the Senate Standing Committees on Economics Scrutiny of Financial Advice public ...

Cbus responds to Royal Commission allegations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... of coercive powers by the Commission, to uncover their activities," Cbus' submission said. "The Commission's key whistleblower with respect to the CFMEU, Mr [Brian] Fitzpatrick, has given evidence, accepted as reliable by the Commission in its Interim ...

IOOF chair calls for ASIC funding

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... Economics References Committee's Scrutiny of financial advice hearing in Sydney, Sexton defended his delayed response to whistleblower reports about IOOF head of research Peter Hilton, saying the anonymous message had gone through LinkedIn, a service ...