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APRA reduces CBA capital requirement

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... risk culture frameworks, practices and outcomes. In addition to the $1 billion add-on, APRA gave CBA an enforceable undertaking which required a remedial action plan with an independent reviewer to check the progress. The corporate regulator said the ...

State Street cops $1.25m fine from AUSTRAC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
State Street was handed a $1.25 million fine by AUSTRAC for allegedly breaching 99 times its obligation to report international transfers to the agency under Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing laws. Under the law (section 45 (2) of ...

ASIC cancels slew of AFSLs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... inadequate supervision. About a week later ASIC took action against one its individual advisers, accepting an enforceable undertaking from a representative that had transitioned to MyPlanner Professional Services. Close to a year later the regulator ...

ATO cracks down on SMSFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
Delegates to the SMSF Association's annual conference have heard of the uptick in enforcements against SMSFs this financial year. Speaking at the conference, ATO assistant commissioner - SMSF Segment Dana Fleming said that in the financial year ...

Compensation bill hits $750m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... offered compensation by the company. ASIC did not reveal all the statistics for Macquarie due to an agreed enforceable undertaking between the two parties allowing Macquarie Equities to undertake work that was "largely consistent" with ASIC's review. ...

Licensee faces hefty remediation bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... of ClearView's advisers at the time, Jason Churchill. Following Churchill's participation in an enforceable undertaking, ClearView reviewed advice he had previously provided and remediated those clients that did not receive appropriate advice. ...

APRA updates enforcement approach

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... there is no concern, APRA will typically make public administrative enforcement actions; acceptance of an enforceable undertaking; disqualifications of responsible officers under the BEAR regime; and court-based enforcement actions initiated by APRA. ...

Wealth management investigations spike

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
The corporate regulator's wealth management investigations increased 129% in the year to March 2019, ASIC commissioner John Price said yesterday. In opening comments to a keynote panel discussion at the Governance and Risk Management Forum in Melbourne ...

Commonwealth FP completes EU compliance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
Commonwealth Financial Planning has complied with ASIC's court enforceable undertaking regarding fees for no service conduct and said it will transition to a new business model. At the end of May, ASIC received an attestation from Commonwealth Financial ...

ANZ changes advice model, cuts Prime Access

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... customers that did not receive an annual review between 2006 and 2013. In April 2018, the group entered an enforceable undertaking with ASIC in relation to Prime Access. At the time, then-ANZ group executive wealth Australia, Alexis George said: "We ...