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Senate to question ASIC over alleged RBA corruption

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
The Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will "no doubt" question the regulator over its failure to act on the alleged corruption within subsidiary companies of the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

ASIC, "twin peaks" model faces review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... the current regulatory model for the financial services industry. Nationals Senator John Williams called for a Senate inquiry into the regulator, which received bipartisan support. At the same time, Treasurer Joe Hockey is expected to undertake a broad ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... the latest edition of Financial Standard we look at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Senate inquiry and see what some industry pundits think of the regulator. We also investigate how baby boomers may be able to make their super ...

AVCAL chief executive resigns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... of private equity within the economy in terms of perceptions." "Very shortly after I came in in 2006 there was a Senate Inquiry which questioned the whole existence of private equity and whether it was a bad thing for the country." She said there were ...

First submissions to ASIC inquiry made public

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... Senator John Williams told Financial Standard. On June Williams introduced a motion into Parliament asking for a Senate inquiry into ASIC after media reported that it had acted slowly on whistleblower information about cases of misconduct in the financial ...

ASIC highlights higher enforcement rate ahead of Senate inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... 371 enforcement actions between January and June 2013, according to an enforcement report released ahead of the Senate inquiry on ASIC's performance. In line with its efforts to demonstrate that it is taking action against those who breach the regulation ...

Storm claim unfair and baseless: CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... slow reaction on investigating cases of misconduct within the Commonwealth Bank financial planning unit prompted a Senate inquiry into ASIC's performance. The inquiry will take a broad look at ASIC's behaviour and it is expected to look into the Storm ...

Storm lawyers take ASIC and CBA to court over settlement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... slow reaction on investigating cases of misconduct within the Commonwealth Bank financial planning unit prompted a Senate inquiry into ASIC's performance. The inquiry will take a broad look at ASIC's behaviour and it is expected to look into the Storm ...

ASIC far too slow to act on misconduct: Senator

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... Nationals senator John Williams told Financial Standard. Yesterday Williams introduced a motion into Parliament for a Senate inquiry into ASIC, which passed with bipartisan support. The Senate Economics References Committee will be conducting the inquiry ...

Future Fund defends tax havens

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The Future Fund has defended its investments in subsidiaries based in known tax-havens during a senate inquiry yesterday. The fund's 2011 annual report shows that it has 14.4% of its assets in the Cayman Islands, plus significant investments in the ...