Australia
ANZ wealth arm sale gets green light
After it was stalled by regulator last year over potential IOOF managers disqualification
Aussie regulator bans cold calls for life products
Days after it won a court case against an insurance provider
Australian life insurer fined A$700,000 for ‘hawking’
It used a telemarketing firm to cold-call clients
Aussie life insurer to refund more than A$12m over phone sales
As it pleads guilty to 87 counts of offering to sell products via ‘unlawful’ and ‘unsolicited’ calls
Australian financial complaints body unveils comparison tool
In a bid to ‘increase transparency and consumer education’