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Policy & Regulation

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. ...

People & Products

The Government is seeking a new chair for the Productivity Commission after Michael Brennan announced he would be stepping down after five years....

People & Products

Delia Rickard, who spent over a decade at the ACCC and had previously been a senior executive at ASIC, has joined the board of the financial wellbeing organisation. ...

Financial planning

The latest Targeting Scams report has revealed Australians lost over $1.5 billion in investment scams in 2022, with the number targeted for investment scams via social me...

Policy & Regulation

Crypto asset service providers will be the target of a new triple-pronged Government reform agenda....

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People & Products

Catriona Lowe has joined the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission as deputy chair, taking over from Delia Rickard....

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People & Products

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has appointed Delia Rickard to the board for a three-year term....

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Features

Although seemingly having good intentions for the public, Chris Dastoor writes, political battle lines have taken priority in the common ownership inquiry....

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Superannuation

It notes super funds switching to inhouse investment management and industry consolidation as being contributing factors, but that there is not enough research to suggest...

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Financial planning

Politicians and financial advisers may see the actions of superannuation funds in denying members the ability to pay external advisers as an issue, but no one has filed t...

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that in the aftermath of the Thom Review into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission the Government has the opportunity to impose externa...

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Superannuation

2020 was the year of the Government’s hardship early release superannuation scheme and it was also a year during which the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...

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Financial planning

Industry superannuation funds have been delivered a clean bill of health on their use of third-party advice services. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission faces being oversighted by an external board as the Government considers ways of avoiding further controversies such ...

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Funds management

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose the Iress acquisition of OneVue....

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