SEAN HUGHES
Policy & Regulation
As part of its penalty for overcharging interest on business overdraft accounts, which it has been forced to pay $7 million, it will also be required to publish misconduc...
Life/Risk
Big insurer, TAL has been found guilty in the Federal Court of breaching its duty of utmost good faith under the Insurance Contracts Act with respect to an income protect...
Editorial
The standing aside of Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair, James Shipton, points to fundamental issues with respect to the regulator....
Policy & Regulation
A tick-a-box approach to the new design and distribution obligations will not do and financial services will need to get the new regime right from day one, according to t...
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched a consultation on a second product intervention order to stop continuing consumer harm. ...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has hit out at ME Bank over the “disappointing” way it handled its problems over client mortgages and said it has had...
Financial planning
Max Kiattisak Eung has been sentenced to jail after pleading guilty to obtaining financial advantage by deception of $166,500....
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has speculated that a 50% increase in breach reporting may be the result of licensees clearing the skeletons out of t...
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reinforced that its responsible lending action against Westpac was a test case....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed closer scrutiny of advice provided via superannuation funds while noting that conflicts of interest in ...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...