Penalties not harsh enough: ASIC

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4 June 2014
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Penalties for financial planners who breach the law are not severe enough, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) believes. 

Speaking at the Senate Economic Legislation Committee, ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft, said current legislation failed to dissuade planners from breaching the law. 

“The penalties are out of date,” he said. “We need to have a fresh look so that people who intentionally break the law are effectively punished,” he said. 

“At the moment the law doesn’t provide for compensation comparable to the losses. 

“Some jurisdictions have triple damages¨ you’ve got to have a system that deals with greed versus fear¨ we’re in finance, it’s all about money.” 

Medcraft described the civil penalties for breaches of financial services legislation was “woefully inadequate” in Australia compared to other countries.  

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