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The corporate regulator’s financial advice hub aims to be a single repository to help industry participants more easily find information....

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The corporate regulator has found firms in financial markets have continued to show resiliency to cyber threats during the pandemic but a reallocation of resources has le...

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The prudential regulator has released its practice guide on climate change financial risks which will assist banks, insurers and superannuation trustees to manage the fin...

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The Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle will reduce tax barriers for Australian fund managers, while the retirement income covenant will require superannuation funds ...

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The compensation scheme of last resort should not be expanded to cover those making “speculative punts”, according to Senator Jane Hume, and would likely make funding mor...

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The most common “stumbling block” in consumer remediation by licensees was underinvesting in systems which have led to multiple failures....

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‘Novelty’ financial products are unlikely to see a higher regulatory scrutiny in the future as it is too hard to determine what that definition covers, according to the A...

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The corporate regulator’s product intervention powers would not have provided a faster solution but its design and distribution obligations could have led to a stop order...

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Due to being in liquidation, the Australian financial services licence for Future Asset Management International has been cancelled by the corporate regulator....

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Victims of the collapsed Sterling Income Trust will be unable to access redress through the complaints authority if the proposed compensation scheme of last resort bill i...

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The corporate regulator estimates the reduction in its levy for financial advisers decreased its estimated cost recovery scheme by $45 million and noted any criticism of ...

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It has asked whether Senator Jane Hume’s and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s pre-political careers in the banking industry create a conflict of interest....

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