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Pershing Securities breaches client money obligations

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
Pershing Securities Australia has been charged after breaching client money obligations. The clearing and settlement solutions provider was charged with two counts of failing to pay client money into an account and one count of failing to comply with ...

APRA slaps extra conditions on Avanteos

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... purpose of the licence conditions. AIL will fully cooperate with APRA regarding the licence conditions. "Since reporting a breach to APRA and ASIC in May 2018, AIL has taken action to ensure that adviser service fees charged in error are refunded as ...

ASIC launches action against AFSL, director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... months of the relevant period and were lodged with ASIC on or before the lodgment date. "ASIC is seeking declarations of breach against Theta and Mr Marie for various alleged breaches of the responsible entity and director's duties provisions of the ...

Industry fund members targeted

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... are targeting those working in the transport industry, not just TWUSUPER members and there is no implication of a data breach. The fund wrote to members: "These salespeople are employing aggressive sales tactics to encourage you to roll your super from ...

Regulators circle as scandal engulfs Westpac

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
APRA has put Westpac on notice; warning the disgraced bank could face fines and disqualification of senior directors and executives as it considers whether to launch legal action. APRA chair Wayne Byres told a parliamentary hearing on Monday that the ...

ASIC bans direct life cold calling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
The use of cold calling to sell direct life insurance will be prohibited in the New Year.. ASIC will ban unsolicited cold calling in life and consumer credit insurance sales from January 13 next year, following a period of consultation with industry ...

FASEA under pressure on managed accounts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... the code should be considered in totality," Potter said. "Each arm of the code is a piece of law in itself and you can breach each individual arm even if you were in compliance with every other standard. So we don't have much comfort in FASEA saying ...

Rest climate risk case goes to trial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
A three-day trial has been scheduled for the landmark case brought against Rest by member Mark McVeigh. The case, related to climate change risks, will have its day in court with a three-day trial scheduled for the week commencing 20 July 2020. The ...

Industry fund for coal miners on ESG journey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
Mine Super, the $11 billion industry fund for the coal mining industry, has clarified its position on a number of ESG issues. Vasyl Nair is the chief risk officer for Mine Super, he recently spoke at a panel on ESG issues at the annual Investment Performance ...

FASEA chief to provide update

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
The chief executive of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority will address delegates at the FPA Congress, with an update expected. FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield will speak as part of a regulatory update, with Julie Berry from ...