REGULATION

Policy & Regulation

In a last legislative act by the current Parliament, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been handed its product intervention powers....

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Policy & Regulation

The Parliamentary Committee inquiry into the removal of franking credits has ended as it began – in disagreement between the major parties....

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Policy & Regulation

The Financial Planning Association has urged the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to act to ensure financial product manufacturers more consistently revea...

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Superannuation

Changes to superannuation fee disclosure proposed by ASIC to improve transparency won’t solve the problem and could just increase confusion for consumers....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has restated its position on a three-year phase-out of grandfathering, claiming that commissions have led to some consumers paying impl...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has budgeted to break new ground by shifting financial services criminal prosecutions away from the states and into the jurisdiction of the Federal...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority have already been identified as major funding winners from next mo...

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Policy & Regulation

The Government has accepted a report from the Council of Financial Regulators and the Australian Taxation Office declaring that limited recourse borrowing arrangements ar...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has broken new ground cancelling the licenses of two accounting firms for failing to obtain membership of the Austral...

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Financial planning

Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned former Financial Wisdom advisor Anneliese Ada Willmott....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been granted an extension of its interim orders to restrain the company from removing their assets from Australia...

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Policy & Regulation

Banks, insurers and super trustees need to do more than talk the talk where climate change is concerned, with a key regulator urging them to also act to mitigate risks to...

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Policy & Regulation

The last of 19 civil actions brought by ASIC against financial services licensees recommending Westpoint products has wrapped up, with almost $1.5 million being recovered...

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Policy & Regulation

A Sydney law firm has announced a class action against IOOF based on losses to shareholders resulting from the Royal Commission and the action initiated by the Australian...

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Tools & guides

Minh Ly breaks down the new means testing rules for lifetime income streams, which have now been legislated by Parliament....

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