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ASIC advances towards telecommunication intercept powers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... insider trading, market manipulation and financial services fraud. The new powers, outlined in the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce position paper, are hoped to boost the regulators ability to gather information relating to the investigation and prosecution ...

ASIC boosts support for regtech

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... financial system against illegal activity). The entities are being requested to broaden their rules to accommodate the Taskforce, including non-financial businesses such as accountants, lawyers, real estate agents, and high value dealers. This could ...

Senior ATO official tangled in $165m fraud scandal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... the ATO for more than 30 years and has actively worked to combat tax crime as a member of the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce. Cranston works extensively both domestically and internationally to reduce the incidence of tax crime, including having recently ...

ANZ appoints former Finance Department boss

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... career in public service at the Australian Bureau of Statistics and later took a key role in Australia's people smuggling taskforce. ANZ chair David Gonski said he was "delighted to have Jane join the ANZ board." "Her experience in finance, insurance ...

ATO on phoenix watch

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... six search warrants on the Gold Coast. The ATO said the six warrants were executed through the multi-agency Phoenix Taskforce and formed part of an investigation in to unpaid superannuation, employee withholding tax, GST, and income tax. ATO deputy commissioner ...

What the budget means for you

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... further clampdown on diverting revenue earned in Australia off-shore. The government has announced a 1,000-strong ATO taskforce to tackle the problem. Similar to measures introduced in the UK, a diverted profits penalty rate of 40% will apply. At the ...

ASIC sets up special robo-advice taskforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has set up an internal robo-advice taskforce that will monitor developments in digital advice. The taskforce will focus on studying how robo-advice providers comply with the best interests ...

Court fines SMSF admin for "free setup" ads

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... product or service advertised." This decision and the investigation that preceded it form part of ASIC's wider "SMSF Taskforce" program, established in 2012 in response to the growing SMSF sector. Advertising to potential trustees via social media has ...

Elliott new CEO at ANZ

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... a champion of ANZ and of Australia globally but particularly in Asia. He was the chair of the B20's Financing Growth Taskforce and a leading advocate of increasing trade and investment linkages throughout Asia Pacific. He has also been instrumental in ...

ASIC's robo-advice taskforce to monitor AFSLs

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
ASIC's brand new robo-advice taskforce will monitor businesses that intend to provide digital advice. The regulator thinks that "the majority of digital advice initiatives will be proposed by existing licensees rather than start-up businesses." Another ...