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ASIC cautions industry after US broker tweeted into suspension

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... forums, blogs, Facebook and Twitter are emerging as the new frontier of investment communication and the financial regulators are watching closely. "The online sphere gives market participants a new space to interact. Using the internet and a range of ...

Govt $41m finance centre launches new projects

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... with funding from other sources, totaling $41 million. Designed to be a strategic link between academia, financial regulators, Government and the financial industry, the centre will assess financial sector developments and regulatory responses. "The ...

Swan names new ASIC, ACCC heads

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... the Australian securities markets, particularly his close coordination with the Government and our other financial regulators during the global financial crisis," said Swan. If approved, Medcraft's appointment will extend for a term of five years. In ...

US reforms pave way for super investments

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... size and complexity. The 2,300-page dossier called for an overhaul of the entire US financial system, with financial regulators gaining more powers to clamp down on rogue investments; the industry imposing tougher rules on 'exotic' products; and the ...

US Congress passes Wall Street reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... cleared the US Senate. The 2,300-page dossier called for an overhaul of the entire US financial system, with financial regulators gaining more powers to clamp down on rogue investments; the industry imposing tougher rules on 'exotic' products; and the ...

Govt to inject $25m into 'best practice' regulation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... pump up to $25 million over four years into a new centre that will teach and train the next generation of financial regulators in Australia while building ties with the regulatory powers-that-be in Asia. Speaking at a post-Budget breakfast in Sydney ...

Prescriptive regulation is not the answer: Tanner

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... co-ordination of regulatory reform is crucial - if we want to avoid the bubbles and excessive Ponzi schemes, the financial regulators have to be on the same page around the world," he said. Following Tanner's speech, Peter Montagnon, chair of ICGN, also ...

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... come on 4 May when the US government releases the results of the stress tests it conducted on 19 banks. US financial regulators and the Treasury are right now worrying about how to disclose the results to the market. Because of the great potential for ...

China could own America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... losses, mortgage borrowers should keep their homes. The US Treasury Department, along with other government financial regulators, announced that America stands ready to purchase more shares in bank and financial institutions, which 'would be converted ...

Sub-prime's house of cards

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... securities firms, investors and credit rating companies are preparing to be examined by a group of global financial regulators over their role in the turmoil sparked by the fallout of the sub-prime mess. To prevent a repeat of this sub-prime credit crisis ...