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The legislation to set up the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority has passed to assist the corporate watchdog’s new chair to ensure the Australian Securities and Inv...

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The corporate regulator says implementation of the compensation scheme of last resort has been delayed due to budgetary reasons....

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The corporate watchdog is looking at its enforcement settings as priorities have changed but being an active litigant when needed is still on the table. ...

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Foreign financial services providers will continue to have relief from holding an Australian financial service licence as the deadline has been extended to 31 March, 2023...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has told Parliament it would “likely be difficult” for it to move to a faults-based framework as proposed in the late...

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The corporate regulator and the Reserve Bank will have more power to intervene to manage a crisis and preemptively identify and manage risks in financial market infrastru...

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EC Audit and its director, Robert Evett, will be the first ever in Australia to face criminal charges for failure to comply with auditing standards....

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AUSTRAC has informed the big four bank that it has identified “serious concerns” with NAB’s compliance of its Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing progra...

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The prudential regulator is unlikely to make any findings on the political appropriateness of advertising from super funds but may recommend a follow-up inquiry....

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Company director Shlomo Yoshai has also been fined $400,000 and is disqualified from managing companies for eight years, after creating a trading floor culture compared t...

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Avoiding emotive language and releasing short reports outside of normal trading hours are among recommendations from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

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The Australian Tax Office is concerned taxpayers might believe their crypto gains are tax free, as interest in the asset has risen in recent times. ...

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