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AUSTRAC releases guidance on wildlife trafficking

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
AUSTRAC private-public initiative the Fintel Alliance has released a financial crime guide to combat Australia's illegal wildlife trafficking industry. The guide, developed in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment, draws ...

APRA rolls out new assessment model

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has replaced its 18-year-old risk assessment model with a system that will better guide the intensity of the regulator's supervision. In a letter to banks, insurers and superannuation licensees, the prudential regulator ...

Sam Henderson pleads guilty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... disclosure document available to a person knowing it to be defective. ASIC claims Henderson gave two clients a Financial Services Guide claiming that he held a Master of Commerce when he did not. Each count of making a defective disclosure document available ...

ANZ posts profit, announces dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... dividend, which will be paid to shareholders, which the bank said took into account its capital strength and updated regulatory guidance. The decision to pay a dividend means Westpac is the only of the big four banks to opt against a dividend this reporting ...

Banks ordered to reduce dividend payout ratios

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... their capital resilience, including the material volume of loan repayment deferrals (which are subject at present to regulatory concessions), greater financial impact from COVID-19, and restrictions on dividends from their New Zealand operations. APRA ...

ASIC lays out product intervention plans

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... linked remuneration structures in the event it believes they will bring about significant consumer detriment. Regulatory guide 272 shows ASIC may use its new powers to order a product or class of products only be offered by way of issue to specific classes ...

Perth Mint to review audit processes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... we source gold and other metals for processing. He said the firm remains confident that it fully complies with all regulatory requirements and the responsible gold guidelines set out by the global gold industry's governing bodies. "Consistent with ...

ASIC releases weekly regulatory tracker

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
ASIC has launched a new weekly regulatory tracker to assist users during the COVID-19 pandemic. The tracker lists and includes links to all new and updated regulatory guides, information sheets, reports and consultation papers issued by ASIC and published ...

Frydenberg amends Corporations Act

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... the health restrictions," Frydenberg said in an address to the National Press Club. The government has made over 80 regulatory changes to assist Australia's businesses through the economic crisis, including changes to bankruptcy and insolvency laws ...

Should unused services on AFSLs be subject to ASIC levy?

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
An AFSL holder asked the court to review its entreaty to ASIC to waive industry funding levy for services that it was licensed to offer but did not. Polymath Investors acquired an Australian Financial Services Licence in 2010 to work with wholesale ...