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Whistleblower protections under microscope

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
The Federal Government aims to strengthen whistleblower protections in the tax and corporate sectors by reviewing several identity and disclosure rules. Federal Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, confirmed this morning that ...

Bank inquiry recommends breaking big four oligopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics' first report in its review of the four major banks has recommended breaking the big four's "oligopoly" and introducing competition into the sector. The report said this could be achieved ...

Munchenberg to exit ABA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Australian Banker's Association chief executive Steven Munchenberg has resigned. ABA chairman Andrew Thorburn said Munchenberg had advised him that he would now like to move on to the next opportunity in his career, following six and a half years in ...

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 ...