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ASIC has permanently banned a Sydney-based director and cancelled the AFSL of his company after concerns about him making offers of investment in unlisted shares....

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The National Anti-Scam Centre’s new investment scam fusion cell, led by Australia’s corporate and competition regulators, will be initially set up for six months. ...

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Insurance Australia Ltd has been penalised $40 million by the Federal Court in the largest-ever penalty imposed against an insurer for breaches of consumer protection law...

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The government is seeking views on its proposed position for the implementation of an internationally-aligned climate disclosure, following its discovery consultation las...

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The ALRC’s third interim report is seeking to change financial services legislation to better reflect efforts that have been made to improve advice outcomes and professio...

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ASIC has unequivocally rejected claims that it tried to undermine a Senate inquiry by requesting public interest immunity for certain questions....

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The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort legislation has passed in Parliament today, having first been raised back in 2016....

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ASIC has been called out by the Senate economics reference committee for undermining the process of an inquiry into its investigation and enforcement actions by submittin...

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The former operations head at BBY, which collapsed in 2015 in Australia’s largest stockbroking failure since the GFC, has been sentenced after pleading guilty to three co...

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Leah Sciacca, ASIC senior executive for financial advisers, has outlined some of the activities of the Financial Services and Credit Panel, which commenced operations las...

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Speaking at the 2023 ACSI Annual Conference, Minister Stephen Jones said the government would prefer doing “too much too soon, not too little too late” on its sustainabil...

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Already headlining as one the largest shake-ups in the RBA’s history, the central bank has welcomed the review’s sweeping overhaul....

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