Industry funds ASIC infringements just $25,000

ASIC hostplus media super tim wilson penalty infringement

7 November 2019
| By Mike |
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Only two industry superannuation funds have been the subject of Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) infringement notices over the past five years with the total combined penalties amounting to less than $25,000.

Hostplus was this year issued with an infringement notice amounting to $12,600 over alleged misleading claims around “independent advice” while in 2013 Media Super paid $10,200 after it was found to have produced potentially misleading advertisements when comparing Media Super funds to self-managed superannuation funds.

Answering a question on notice from Senate Estimates, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) confirmed that Hostplus and Media Super were the only funds to have been dealt with and listed on the regulator’s Infringement Notice Register.

The chair of the Senate Economics Committee, Tim Wilson had specifically asked the chair of ASIC, James Shipton the accumulated total of ASIC fines on industry superannuation funds.

As part of its answer, ASIC pointed out that infringement notices were not specifically enforceable by the regulator.

“An infringement notice is not the same as a fine because there is no requirement to pay the amount stated in the infringement notice and, if the relevant entity does not pay the infringement notice, ASIC cannot enforce the infringement notice,” it said.

“The consequence of not responding and paying the infringement notice amount is the prospect of court action in relation to the conduct the infringement notice was originally trying to address.”

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