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Molopo restrained ahead of AGM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... Nick Bolton, whom ASIC banned from running a company in 2015, was recently identified as being subject to further investigation for allegedly acting as a "shadow director" of the company. An ASIC spokesperson told Financial Standard today that the investigation ...

BBSW methodology restores trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
The new calculation methodology for Australia's bank bill swap rate began on Monday, a direct response to maintain trust in the interest rate benchmark following misuse. In a joint statement the RBA and ASIC said the new BBSW methodology calculates ...

ASIC consults on advice code monitoring bodies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... breach is suspected but not yet confirmed. At present, they are only required to do so in the event of a reactive investigation. The regulator has also suggested financial advisers be legally bound to share materials with the monitoring body and to comply ...

Adviser disciplinary regime has holes: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... placing clients at further risk while the professional association is none the wiser. That said, the AFA said any investigation currently conducted by an association is inherently less serious as membership is not yet mandatory and there are multiple ...

CBA cops $25 million for BBSW rigging

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... million penalty, $15 million to a financial consumer protection fund and $5 million to ASIC for its litigation and investigation costs. FY18 bottom line is expected to take a hit from the $25 million settlement, CBA said. It has also agreed to enter ...

ASIC drags NSW adviser to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... Pty Ltd (formerly known as CFS Corporation Pty Ltd). ASIC said the adviser was a director of CFS Corporation. The investigation is alleging that: Miller recommended that clients of CFS Private Wealth establish self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) ...

The tools to capture quality

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
DNR Capital Australian Equities Income Portfolio manager Scott Kelly recently spoke to Financial Standard about how he determines what qualifies as quality. Kelly begins by explaining the five factors DNR use to determine quality, adding that an additional ...

Fees for no service an old issue: AMP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... management giant said fees for no service is an industry-wide issue and AMP has been the subject of an ongoing ASIC investigation since 2015. As part of the investigation, extensive details were disclosed to the regulator in October 2017, AMP said. Fees ...

Unlicensed SMSF advice not systemic: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... levels of inaccurate and out of date information in both their promotional material and websites. ASIC established an investigation into the provision of unlicensed SMSF advice by accountants, specifically with reference to advice accountants may have ...

CBA finds no evidence of customer data breach

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Following an investigation by KPMG, the Commonwealth Bank said no evidence was found that customer information was compromised when two magnetic tapes went missing in 2016. The tapes in question contained customer names, addresses, account numbers and ...