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APRA readies ADIs for BEAR

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
APRA is helping authorised deposit-taking institutions brace for the Banking Executive Accountability Regime, which is set to take effect on 1 July 2019. The prudential regulator released guidance for the smaller players in the banking and finance industry ...

ASIC to review FDS compliance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
ASIC will review financial advice fee disclosure statements and renewal notices, after licenses submitted breach reports to the extent the corporate regulator is concerned about systemic non-compliance. The FDS review will examine to what extent advice ...

ANZ chief says remediation is "distracting"

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... other ASX-listed companies. Elliot also admitted the bank has operated below what the law requires but maintains it did not breach the Corporations Act. If that is the case, the panel asked, then why have hundreds of people made submissions to the Royal ...

FPA finds Sam Henderson guilty

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
High profile financial adviser Sam Henderson has been found guilty of nine of 10 alleged breaches of the Financial Planning Association of Australia's code of professional practice. The determination was delivered this afternoon by the FPA's ...

TAL refutes duty of good faith breaches

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... to policyholders when investigating claims. In a submission to the Royal Commission, the group insurer says it did not breach its duty of utmost good faith by calling for every kind of report from a policyholder's medical practitioners. According ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
Round six of the Royal Commission exposed systemic issues across the life insurance value chain and its fledgling code of practice that's yet been powerless to stop unethical behaviour. But industry experts say all hope is not lost. Counsels assisting ...

Banking remuneration practices to blame for misconduct

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
The industry's remuneration practices and policies played a major role in the banking misconduct uncovered by the Royal Commission Inquiry, the interim report found. Governance and risk management practices failed to prevent the misconduct where ...

Hayne admonishes ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... ASIC appears to have accepted an entity's request for time to take steps to remedy past misconduct or prevent future breach without examining, let alone examining closely, whether that time is needed," he wrote. Worryingly, ASIC also has a preference ...

Blue Sky refunds $4.1m overcharge

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... it breached its AFSL requirement by not meeting its net tangible asset (NTA) requirements in June, July and August. The breach arose from the time Australian Executor Trustee was the custodian of Blue Sky Private Equity for seven managed investment schemes. ...

ASIC slams unacceptable reporting breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... about five years to identify significant breaches while remediating some customers takes even longer, an ASIC review of breach reporting obligations found. In Report 594 released overnight, the big the institutions took 4.5 years to identify an incident ...