The penalties are the result of six proceedings brought by ASIC in November. Westpac had already agreed to pay the penalties and customer remediation.
April 25, 2022Westpac has already agreed to admit to the allegations, remediate A$80mn to customers, and pay A$113mn in penalties, subject to court approval.
November 30, 2021The Financial Services Council and Financial Planning Association are developing an industry standard form to be used for advice fee disclosures.
September 2, 2021NAB charged fees for personal advice without providing customers fee disclosure statements, providing them late, or containing false misleading information.
August 27, 2021Superannuation funds and managed investment scheme issuers will now have until September 2022 to comply with fee and cost disclosure requirements.
September 10, 2020The legislative instruments ASIC proposes are based on draft legislation for Royal Commission reforms - due to come into effect in July.
March 10, 2020NAB is alleged to have broken the law more than 12,000 times by charging customers fees for no service and issuing defective fee disclosure statements.
December 18, 2019ASIC's review found widespread non-compliance with fee disclosure obligations across a sample of AFS licensees and their representatives, suggesting an industry-wide problem.
December 3, 2019