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Financial planning

ASIC ramps up action on AFSL’s financial reporting

A fourth financial services licensee has been pulled up in less than a month relating to financial reporting, as ASIC chair Joe Longo updates on its corporate regulator’s...

Financial planning

How financial advisers can prevent cyber breaches

A specialist cybersecurity lawyer has shared six tips for advisers to mitigate the risk of attacks, following evolving updates from the Optus and Medibank data breaches. ...

Financial planning

Are licensees dobbing in their peers?

The corporate regulator has confirmed the number of breaches that were reported to it by another licensee following its exclusion from an earlier data report....

Financial planning

Why is there so much ‘human error’ in breaches?

There is over-reliance by licensees on ‘human error’ with over 5,000 reports stating that as a cause of a breach when the fault may lie in their systems and processes, ac...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC reveals breach reporting data

There were almost 900 breach reports made to ASIC regarding financial advice activities in the first nine months of its reportable situations regime. ...

Financial planning

Clarity required on reportable situations about other licensees

There are a range of breach reporting issues regarding other licensees beyond the provision of poor advice and advisers may be unaware of different types....

Financial planning

Societe Generale pleads guilty

The firm has pleaded guilty to four counts of client money breaches, each carrying a maximum penalty of $45,000....

Policy & Regulation

Life Code Compliance Committee sees almost double code breach self-reports

Code subscribers self-reported 43 breaches in 2018-19, compared to 23 in 2017-18, according to the Life Code Compliance Committee....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC clarifies litigation approach

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has clarified the circumstances in which it is likely to litigate financial services breaches....

Policy & Regulation

APRA moves to disqualify IOOF executives including MD

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has initiated action against IOOF including seeking the disqualification of its most senior executives, including managing ...

Financial planning

AMP on brink of additional fees for no service breach

AMP Limited acting chief executive, Mike Wilkins has confirmed the firm is facing more fees for no service remediation challenges after discovering new breaches as recent...

Financial planning

Industry exclusion faces recalcitrant planners

Financial planners who breach the industry’s new code of conduct will face the ultimate sanction of exclusion from the industry under arrangements outlined in a new Finan...

Financial planning

FPA's CRC fines Sam Henderson $50,000

The Financial Planning Association's Conduct Review Commission has fined former member, Sam Henderson $50,000 for breaching the FPA code of conduct....

Policy & Regulation

Poor breach reporting a lead indicator for ASIC embedding

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled that financial institutions with a poor breach reporting record are likely to find themselves dealing w...

Financial planning

FPA’s CRC finds Sam Henderson breached Code

The Financial Planning Association’s Conduct Review Commission has found that planner Sam Henderson breached the FPA’s Code of Professional Practice....