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ASIC considering more action on Sterling collapse

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... that allegedly breached section 917B of the Corporations Act 2001 and have not consented to participate in relevant remediation processes with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. ASIC is also looking into the recommendation of establishing ...

Westpac shuffles executives

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... services and technology will be led by current chief operating officer Scott Collary and will bring together operations, remediation, complaints, and technology. Westpac expects a small restructuring charge in its first half 2022 results.

APRA to continue scrutiny of trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... also now be scrutinised following their inclusion in the heatmaps in December. APRA said it is also assessing the remediation plans of super funds that failed the inaugural performance test last year, adding that it has required some of these funds to ...

Financial services vulnerable to insider cybersecurity threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... actually harder to detect than external attackers or hackers. "Insider threats continue to climb, both in frequency and remediation cost. That said, we are seeing the risk of malicious insider threats increase - with more users accessing business data ...

Federal Court imposes $4m penalty on industry fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... adequately manage systems changes. His Honour also noted that many Statewide members were affected by the conduct and that remediation is ongoing. "Statewide provided misleading communication to thousands of its members, telling them they had insurance ...

ASIC sues ANZ in final civil RC case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... have impacted about 580,447 customer accounts, resulting in ANZ paying nearly $200 million to impacted customers in remediation. ANZ's Breakfree package, introduced in 2003, offered fee waivers, interest rate discounts on eligible ANZ products such ...

ASIC files numerous cases against Westpac

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
... caused considerable consumer harm, with the bank having admitted to the conduct and agreed to pay about $80 million in remediation. However, ASIC will submit to the court that combined penalties of $100 million are appropriate, it said. Responding, Westpac ...

AMP flags $325m performance hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
... in the following months. AMP's share prices traded as low as $1.015 upon the announcement. The losses are on top of remediation relating to superannuation misconduct ($45m) and an adjustment for the sale of its life insurance and mature business ($65m). ...

ASIC enforces licence conditions on ASX

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... outage in November 2020 and assign accountability to the ASX board and senior executives for the implementation of the remediation actions. Meanwhile, the conditions on ASX Clear and ASX Settlement involve appointing an independent expert to assess ASX's ...

ASIC launches remediation review

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
A new ASIC review will force licensees to improve identifying remediation issues and rectify and compensate consumers sooner. The corporate watchdog launched a new consultation with the advice industry to ensure that AFS licensees act efficiently, honestly ...