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APRA flexes new muscles

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
APRA has invoked its new powers for the first time, directing IOOF and its superannuation entities to implement and maintain an Office of the Superannuation Trustee (OST) within the group or risk facing a financial penalty. The move comes after IOOF ...

Fairness key to meaningful change: Shipton

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
For the financial system to really improve, fairness needs to be embedded into financial institutions, according to ASIC chair James Shipton. Opening ASIC's annual forum in Sydney recently, Shipton said the concept of fairness needs to be embedded "into ...

Blue Sky enters receivership

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... annual capex. These were to be measured quarterly. Blue Sky met them for the December quarter but on May 9 said it was in breach of the minimum recurring cash EBITDA covenant as at March 31 and it was talking to Oaktree to vary or restructure the covenants. ...

ANZ provides update on wealth sale

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
ANZ provided an update on its contractual arrangements with IOOF in relation to the sale of its OnePath Pensions and Investments business. The coupon rate ANZ pays on the debt note subscribed by IOOF reduced from 14.4% per annum to 2% per annum as of ...

ASIC suspends advice group AFSL

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
ASIC has suspended the Australian financial services licence of a Sydney-based financial advice group. Australasia Wealth Services and Management failed to obtain membership of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), therefore breaching ...

ASIC appoints receiver for derivatives issuer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... regulator also purports that Berndale client monies were held outside of Australian authorised deposit-taking institutions in breach of legal requirements. ASIC, Berndale and its related parties appeared in Melbourne's Federal Court on April 18. Rachel ...

IOOF breaches APRA licence conditions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
IOOF has breached one of APRA's licence conditions by failing to establish a dedicated superannuation trustee function by the 31 March 2019 deadline. IOOF was due to meet and comply with licence conditions imposed by APRA on the embattled wealth ...

Fire drills needed to meet APRA standards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
APRA's new enforcement approach to cyber security may mean financial services firms have to conduct fire drills - where fake viruses or phishing attacks are deliberately spread in their systems - to work out the strength of their systems. APRA released ...

Superannuation mergers strike oligopoly fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... armed with new powers to weed out poor performers, and impose civil and criminal consequences if trustees and directors breach sections 52 and 52A of the SIS Act. "In some instances, acting in the best interests of members will require underperforming ...

ASIC bans Gold Coast adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... said Peters conducted options trading on behalf of his clients on a discretionary basis without their authorisation and in breach of his authorisation from Pulse and that Peters represented to his clients that he was authorised to engage in discretionary ...