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APRA puts conditions on CBA unit Avanteos after charging fees to dead clients
CBA subsidiary Avanteos Investments Limited has been hit with extra conditions on its superannuation licence by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority after it was revealed the investment management firm charged fees to thousands of deceased superannuation members.
CBA unit hit with $700,000 criminal fine for insurance hawking
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia's insurance division, CommInsure, has been fined $700,000 for breaching insurance hawking laws in Australia's first post-Royal Commission criminal conviction, dodging a maximum fine of over $1.8 million through an early guilty plea and cooperation with ASIC.
AUSTRAC sues Westpac for ‘systemic’ money laundering failures
Westpac has been hit with a lawsuit by AUSTRAC for its alleged "systemic" failure to comply with anti-money laundering and counter terrorism finance laws.
CBA unit pleads guilty to 87 charges over insurance hawking
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia's insurance division, CommInsure, has pleaded guilty to 87 criminal charges that it hawked life insurance products in unsolicited telephone calls, but wants credit for the early plea.
NAB says ‘significant’ penalties loom over money laundering breaches
The National Australia Bank faces the prospect of "significant monetary penalties" after self-reporting a potentially large number of money laundering and counter terrorism financing breaches to AUSTRAC and its overseas counterparts.
CBA’s Colonial First State faces another superannuation class action
Commonwealth Bank's wealth management unit Colonial First State has been hit with a second class action in as many days, this one alleging it charged excesssive superannuation fees to fund commissions to financial advisers.
CBA unit faces MySuper class action over delayed $3.2B funds transfer
Commonwealth Bank subsidiary Colonial First State and former director Linda Elkins face a class action alleging the wealth management group breached its superannuation trustee duties by failing to promptly transfer $3.2 billion of default members’ funds to a lower-cost, high-performing MySuper product.
APRA slaps Allianz with extra $250M capital requirement over risk management issues
Insurance company Allianz Australia will need set aside an extra $250 million in capital until it strengthens its risk management, making it the fifth financial institution to be slapped with additional requirements by the prudential regulator.
Fitch settles investor class action over credit ratings on toxic SCDOs
Fitch Ratings has agreed to settle the last of the investor class actions in Australia flowing from the global financial crisis, a court heard Friday.
ASIC puts banks on notice after review shows ‘extremely poor value’ of credit insurance
The corporate watchdog has warned “robust” enforcement action is on the cards for banks and lenders, after a review found consumer credit insurance policies to be "extremely poor value for money", paying out as little as 11 cents per dollar spent in premiums on average.