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Advice associations under conflict of interest on professionalism: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... professional, ethical and education standards in the financial services industry. Quoting a report by the regulator's taskforce on industry self-regulator chaired by Professor Berna Collier, ASIC noted that "if there are multiple sets of standards and ...

QBE to invest $100 million in social benefit bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... opportunity in the space," he said. Brader made his comments at the launch of a report by the Social Impact Investment Taskforce on the future of impact investing. The taskforce comprised the G8 nation, with Australia as the only non-G8 member contributing. ...

ASIC concerned about SMSFs, warns spruikers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... alert to industry and the public to be wary of shonky selling tactics at SMSF seminars." He revealed that ASIC's SMSF taskforce has set up "a small project team" to explore the trend of 'one-stop shop' operators offering services to SMSFs. The collapse ...

High frequency trading improves market fairness

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... manipulates markets and causes unexplained crashes. While an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) taskforce into HFT said in March that fears are unfounded, the regulator has recently introduced new disclosure rules in a bid to improve ...

ASIC chair defends against media 'smear'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... important areas which the international body was working on: cybercrime, G20 derivative reforms, establishing a global taskforce to facilitate capital flows between countries, developing market-based financing in emerging and developed markets, and developing ...

Accountant gets 6 years jail for promoting tax avoidance scheme

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... avoidance scheme to clients after the case was successfully brought forward by Project Wickenby, a cross-agency Government taskforce fighting against tax evasion, avoidance and crime. Ewan Stoddart, 48, was sentenced on 20 September 2013 to 13 counts ...

ASIC questions SMSF advice in proposed guidance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... who are ill-equipped to cope with the responsibilities and obligations of running a SMSF." ASIC established an SMSF taskforce in September 2012 to focus on risks in this sector, including potentially inappropriate geared investment strategies, increasingly ...

ASIC concerned over "pockets" of poor SMSF advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... Greg Tanzer said that the regulator has identified examples of poor SMSF advice across the industry through its SMSF taskforce headed by himself and deputy chairman Peter Kell. ASIC has found cases of inadequate or lack of replacement product disclosure ...

ASIC brandishes whip on dark liquidity and HFT

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
Dark liquidity and high frequency trading (HFT) will be subject to new regulation after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced its new market integrity rules. ASIC Commissioner Cathie Armour said the new rules will improve ...

New dark pool transparency rules introduced

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
New rules affecting dark pools and high frequency trading (HFT) have been introduced in a bid to improve transparency. Minister Assisting for Financial Services and Superannuation David Bradbury announced a package of market integrity rules just prior ...