Compliance
AFCA expects to receive 50,000 complaints within first year
by Tas Bindi • 3 Sep 2018
Speaking at the National Small Business Summit, the CEO of the new Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA),... READ MORE
AFCA responds to EDR membership concerns
by Tas Bindi • 27 Aug 2018
Last week, the broking industry had flagged that new-to-industry brokers could be prevented from joining... READ MORE
Government will likely reject PC’s trail recommendation: Bouris
by Tas Bindi • 16 Aug 2018
Speaking at the National Finance Brokers Day event in Sydney on Wednesday (15 August), Mark Bouris, the executive... READ MORE
Opinion: Who will survive the royal commission?
by James Mitchell • 14 Aug 2018
The big banks and superannuation funds have nowhere left to hide. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne and his counsels... READ MORE
‘Women need to talk about money’, says ASIC
by Reporter • 10 Aug 2018
The federal government announced in the 2018–19 budget that it would be providing $10 million for initiatives that... READ MORE
APRA curbs cost taxpayers $500m
by Sasha Karen • 7 Aug 2018
The report, Competition in the Australian Financial System, was the result of a year-long consultation process and... READ MORE
ASIC calls on industry to submit business metrics
by Reporter • 3 Aug 2018
As a result of laws passed in June that came into effect last month, those that “create the need for and benefit... READ MORE
Vertical integration not a worry for Treasury
by Tas Bindi • 31 Jul 2018
In a background paper to the financial services royal commission, the Department of Treasury agreed with a... READ MORE
Best interests duty needs ‘careful consideration’: Treasury
by Reporter • 30 Jul 2018
In a new background paper to the financial services royal commission, Background Paper 24: Submission on key policy... READ MORE
Government consults on bill to boost ASIC powers
by Reporter • 20 Jul 2018
Legislation designed to bolster the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) enforcement and... READ MORE
ASIC looks to monitor ‘actual’ customer outcomes
by Reporter • 20 Jul 2018
The financial services regulator has said that its new data regime will aim to address the “key source” of... READ MORE
ASIC calls for an end to the blame game
by Reporter • 19 Jul 2018
In a speech delivered on Tuesday (17 July), deputy chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission... READ MORE
Education on credit flagged as better alternative to more regulation
by Reporter • 19 Jul 2018
Speaking to The Adviser, the managing director of Empower Wealth and chair of the Property Investors Council of... READ MORE
Regulation of SME space ‘a good thing’
by Reporter • 13 Jul 2018
Speaking to The Adviser, the managing director of the Positive Group, Tom Caesar, noted that ASIC had been focusing... READ MORE

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