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Adviser overwhelm explained

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... standards. In 2015, there was the Trowbridge inquiry into life insurance, before the process that would lead to the Royal Commission began in 2017. Looking forward, Anderson warned that financial advisers should not expect the pace of reform to slow ...

Hostplus grilled on common ownership, collusion

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... being revealed [and] who the investor is," Wilson said. After discussions with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission at a separate hearing recently, Wilson said many issues were raised such as "the veil of corporate secrecy" and capital ...

FSC suggests CSLR improvements

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
The Financial Services Council has highlighted numerous holes in the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort in a bid to prevent financial advisers that "have done nothing wrong" from paying for the scheme. The FSC is calling on corporate regulator ASIC ...

Criminal charges filed against CBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... the Federal Court. The alleged conduct from CBA that is the subject of these charges was revealed during the Royal Commission and is the subject of a case study in the final report from Commissioner Hayne. This is the second criminal prosecution under ...

Global firm expands into Aussie wealth management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... outcomes." Kent added that she sees significant opportunities for the firm to expand in Australia. "Fuelled by the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, the Australian wealth and asset management ...

ME Bank faces criminal charges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... in relation to proceedings against ME Bank for alleged contraventions of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) and National Credit Code. The alleged contraventions concern home loan customer communications over a two year ...

Kiwi markets regulator names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... Everett will vacate at the end of October. Barrass is the former chief executive of the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission. She led the prudential and conduct regulation of a complex financial services sector that primarily exports financial services ...

PNG regulator denies Westpac Pacific sale

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
Papua New Guinea's consumer regulator, the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC), has denied Westpac's sale of its Pacific business to Kina Securities. Kina Securities was set to pay $420 million for Westpac Fiji and 89.91% of Westpac ...

Criminal charges in property investor collapse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... Ramsden, who acted as solicitor for Members Alliance, faces eight counts of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence. The charges follow an ASIC-led Serious Financial Crime Taskforce (SFCT) investigation into the collapse ...

ASIC urged to act on common ownership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... very few actually hand all of their voting powers to a single entity," she said. MP Andrew Leigh said the Hayne Royal Commission criticised ASIC for being slow to act on emerging issues. "I worry that on common ownership, [ASIC] is making the same mistake," ...