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Is now the time to buy IOOF?

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... these activities, the actions taken were considered appropriate." Kelaher also stated that "the suggestion that a whistleblower has been poorly or inappropriately treated is also incorrect and misleading. "The individual concerned at no time initiated ...

Combined Insurance to work with ASIC on fraud leak

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... president Christopher Carey has said his company will "work with ASIC" to investigate the misconduct exposed by whistleblower Alison Moore. A former employee of the ACE Group-owned insurance firm, Moore revealed what she described as a "greed is good" ...

NAB to face Senate grilling over advice scandal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) head of wealth Andrew Hagger will face tough questioning from the Senate Economics Committee at a hearing in Melbourne this afternoon. "The reason why we called this hearing is because we want to get to the bottom of this ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... industry stakeholders, consumers and the media. The main concerns were the fact that it took ASIC years to act on whistleblower information that pointed to serious malpractices within CFPL and FW. The inquiry also revealed CBA's failure in documenting ...

Advisers confronted with harsh reality of whistleblowing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... Blowing the whistle on rogues within any financial services organisation is hard, stressful and takes a toll on the whistleblower's life, but it is worth it because it makes a difference, former Commonwealth Bank adviser and whistleblower Jeff Morris ...

APRA releases draft RSE fraud management guide

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... will be communicated and how staff behavior expectations will be managed. This should also include how the RSE's whistleblower policy will be handled. "APRA also expects that a prudent RSE licensee would consider how its risk management strategy would ...

Government says no to CBA Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... has responded positively to the Senate Committee's report" and that it has agreed to establish an Office of the Whistleblower to improve the way it deals with whistleblowers. The government said that the report's recommendations relating to regulatory ...

SEC bestow first whistleblowers awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... on whistleblowers. The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has just announced the recipient of a US$300,000 Whistleblower Award to Audit and Compliance Professional Who Reported Company's Wrongdoing. The SEC, in a statement, said the whistleblower ...

CBA whistleblower casts doubts over compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
Former Commonwealth Bank (CBA) planner and whistleblower Jeff Morris has expressed concern over a number of aspects of the bank's Open Advice Review program to compensate victims of bad advice. The adviser, who blew the whistle on cases of advice misconduct ...

CBA unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... root." The relevance of transformation at CBA goes beyond their advisers or their clients. As former CFPL planner and whistleblower Jeff Morris put it, the findings of the Senate inquiry are "just the tip of the iceberg." Other businesses might have ...