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AustralianSuper sued over multiple accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... member accounts. This should not have happened, and we apologise unreservedly to members," the fund said. It said the remediation program for the matter is now "substantially complete" and that it has since strengthened processes to identify and combine ...

Macquarie flags asset management challenges

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... FY23 from $3.029 million in FY22. Providing a regulatory update, Macquarie said it's been working with APRA on a remediation plan that strengthens its governance, culture, structure, and enumeration to ensure full and ongoing compliance with prudential ...

Financial hardship neglect lands Westpac in court

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... application form or by ringing a hotline. "Since we uncovered this issue, we've contacted these customers and completed a remediation program including refunds of fees and interest, debt waivers and payments for non-financial loss, totalling approximately ...

Strategic reset delivers for Count

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... than 25,000 Statements of Advice and Records of Advice were delivered to clients over the year. In terms of ongoing remediation efforts, as at June end $505 million had been offered and $424.5 million had been paid. This is payable by Commonwealth Bank ...

Insignia consolidates further, creates Client Wellbeing arm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
... million, up 39% year on year, driven by gains made in divesting Australian Executor Trustees as well as stabilised remediation costs; Insignia did not have to increase remediation provisions, saying it expects all projects to be completed in FY24 with ...

Former advisers costs CBA $1.2bn in remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
Commonwealth Bank's $1.2 billion bad advice remediation bill represented a small fraction of its whopping $10.2 billion profit, the full-year financial results show. The total customer remediation amounted to a huge $2.6 billion in the 2023 financial ...

Sequoia hires chief operating officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... years' experience, most notably serving in ASIC's assessment and intelligence team. Bringing skills in audit, remediation, breach management, and policy enforcement, Sequoia said he will "further enhance our compliance efforts." "The new appointments ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... between Vanguard and ourselves, to have a discussion with Vanguard, and in doing both, we found that our expectations of remediation were met. "In general terms, all products seeking RIAA certification are examined for their practices and processes against ...

AUSTRAC drops action after Bell FG audit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... obligations in the future. "AUSTRAC will continue to work with the group to ensure ongoing compliance and to monitor the remediation and uplift undertaken by the entities in response to the external auditor findings and recommendations," it said. Bell ...

Trustees must do better on account consolidation: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
... can leave someone over $50,000 worse off in retirement. Following the review, three super trustees have commenced remediation programs aimed at refunding fees and premiums paid on multiple accounts that were not identified. While ASIC did not name the ...