ASIC's Karen Chester says insolvencies and macro forces could present greater liquidity challenges to fund managers and affect investors' ability to withdraw from funds.
November 21, 2020Up to 31,000 consumers have been remediated for misconduct relating to the sale of travel insurance through Allianz’s own website and those of its partners.
November 4, 2020ASIC has identified 14 funds using the term 'cash' in their names in a confusing and inappropriate way, and 3 others with a significant liquidity mismatch.
September 23, 2020The hardship relief will make it easier for responsible entities of frozen funds to enable withdrawals by investors suffering hardship, says ASIC's Karen Chester.
August 27, 2020Superannuation trustees have 45 days to respond to a complaint, compared to 90 days previously. Other financial services and credit providers have 30 days.
July 31, 2020The product intervention power allows ASIC to respond to harms in the financial sector, but it must consult with affected persons before each use of the power.
June 18, 2020ASIC has secured A$160mn in remediation for consumers and plans to take enforcement action against lenders who sold junk consumer credit insurance products.
May 14, 2020From April 2021, design and distribution obligations will require issuers to focus on meeting consumer needs when designing, marketing and distributing financial products.
December 21, 2019Disclosure can backfire in unexpected and harmful ways and should not be relied upon by itself to drive good consumer outcomes, ASIC says in a joint report with the Dutch regulator.
October 17, 2019NAB paid the most to compensate customers for failures by the largest number of advisers, and is expected to take the longest to complete its remediation programme.
August 2, 2019