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Super, advice class actions dampen CBA results

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... date is set for March 2024. Between June and December 2022, CBA saw an increase in the provision for aligned advice remediation for former authorised representatives from Financial Wisdom, Count Financial and Commonwealth Financial Planning of $198 million ...

MLC Life Insurance welcomes new non-executive director

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... years of experience, Stephen has expertise in strategy, leadership, governance, culture, mergers and acquisitions, remediation and navigating the complexity of regulated industries. Previously, he served as group chief risk officer and a member of the ...

Sequoia FG revises profit expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2023
... repatriation of more than $2 million along with increased costs to service financial advisers. This was related to a 2019 remediation matter involved a since terminated adviser. While its making progress with its professional indemnity insurers, Sequoia ...

Talaria appoints chief operating officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
... consultant at National Australia Bank (NAB). At NAB, she was a member of the leadership team that oversaw the large-scale remediation program following the 2014 ASIC Wealth Management Project. Ninness has also held operational roles at Digecom Solutions ...

Life insurer claims under regulator watch

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... have implemented system fixes over the last few years. "They have each commenced, and six have completed, customer remediation programs," ASIC said. ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester explained consumers need to have the confidence that their insurers will ...

CBA increases Countplus indemnity to $520m

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
... to Countplus, from $300 million to $520 million. CBA said the purpose of the increased limit was to cover certain remediation activities that were identified at the time of sale and up to four years post sale. "The estimates of ongoing service fee customer ...

Westpac updates on strategic priorities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... unlikely it'll be able to sell the Pacific businesses in the short to medium term. Westpac added that it has completed 14 remediation programs but commenced several more in the year, which it noted were smaller in size than those closed. It reported ...

ANZ told to pay $25m for 20-year failure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... the contractual benefits they were entitled to. The finding will result in ANZ paying an estimated $211 million in remediation, ASIC said. "The nature and extent of the contraventions was such that they occurred over a substantial period of time and ...

CommSec, AUSIEX to pay $27m penalty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... and controls relating to CommSec and AUSIEX's services be carried out, along with a review of their respective remediation processes. Commonwealth Bank said it has already paid total remediation of $6.5 million including interest. "It is essential ...

ASIC updates remediation rules

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
The corporate regular has refreshed guidance on remediation activities, as it reveals close to $2 billion in redress remains unpaid. Over the past six years, ASIC has overseen at least $5.6 billion in remediation for an estimated seven million consumers ...