The Banking Code Compliance Committee (BCCC), Australia has conducted an inquiry between July and October 2019 into Code subscribing banks’ (banks) transition to the new 2019 Banking Code of Practice (the Code) to confirm whether banks have taken appropriate steps to ensure compliance with the Code. The objective of the inquiry was to have a […]
Australian Banking code of practice released in July 2019 and many Banks have committed significant time and resources to the code transition projects. Based on the Banking Code Compliance Committee (BCCC), 2019–20 has been a year of two distinct halves. Although it started with lots of optimism, the bush fire and covid-19 pandemic unleashed a global […]
One of the great things about GI Code of practice (GICOP) is that the code, which is written in plain English, sets out the standards that general insurers must meet when providing services to their customers, such as being open, fair and honest. On 7 May 2020, the Insurance Council of Australia revised the implementation […]
Regulators have historically sought to enhance a customer’s understanding of the products they purchase, imposing prescriptive requirements for disclosure, as well as setting professional standards for sales advisers. The goal is to rebalance the ‘information asymmetry’ – however, issues have continued to arise. An essential component of insurance regulation is the appropriate oversight of the […]
Below are some of the highlights of the Conduct costs project launched by the Centre for Banking Research. You can find the full report here https://www.city.ac.uk/news/2020/september/centre-for-banking-research-launches-conduct-costs-project The CBR Conduct Costs Project aims to foster transparency in financial activity and to deliver a category of benchmarking, which comprises the level of conduct costs and the […]
