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Charges laid in ANZ criminal cartel conduct case

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... statement. The charges follow from a two-year long investigation undertaken by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The news comes four days after ACCC said it expected charges to be laid against ANZ, two other companies and executives ...

ANZ, Deutsche and Citigroup under investigation for alleged cartel conduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... conduct during an August 2015 institutional share placement, the bank and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) confirmed this morning. The ACCC said it expects the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) to lay charges ...

ASIC tightens grip on ICO issuers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... proceeded, ASIC said. On 19 April 2018, ASIC was delegated powers from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to regulate crypto-assets under the Australian Consumer Law. ASIC can now take action against misleading or deceptive conduct ...

IOOF flags ANZ Wealth results ahead of acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... regulatory hurdles to the completion of ANZ Wealth Management acquisition have been favourably resolved." IOOF added the ACCC does not intend to conduct a public review of the acquisitions, and the extension of concessional tax treatment for transferring ...

IOOF updates market on ANZ wealth sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... "All regulatory hurdles to the completion of ANZ Wealth Management acquisition have been favourably resolved." It added the ACCC does not intend to conduct a public review of the acquisitions, and the extension of concessional tax treatment for transferring ...

Government reappoints ASIC executives, creates new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... law changes. It will also bring ASIC into line with the structure of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)," she said. ASIC commissioner John Price will now serve for two extra years, from 21 March 2018 to 20 March 2020. He has been ...

NPP to take super by storm: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... and NAB have partnered to build their own mobile payments wallet after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) denied them access to Apple's digital payment technology, Apple Pay, in March last year. This access would have enabled the ...

Morrison unveils open banking framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... customers stay with their current bank even in the presence of more competitive deals elsewhere. The report recommended the ACCC should be primarily responsible for standards-setting, competition and consumer issues, security measures and data transfer ...

Government caves to banking Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... government and regulators this year, with the bank levy, the BEAR regime of senior executive oversight, the commissioned ACCC review of competition, the ASIC and AUSTRAC cases, and so on, Citi said.

Banks narrowly avoid parliamentary inquiry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... System, and $1.2 million to undertake an independent review into the most appropriate model for an open banking regime. The ACCC will also receive $13.2 million over the next four years to complete regular inquiries into specific financial system competition ...