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Another industry body urges Division 296 reconsideration

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... it - like many industry bodies - believes the taxing of unrealised capital gains and the lack of indexation can pose compliance challenges for affected taxpayers. Division 296, which will impose 15% additional tax on super balances over the $3 million ...

Insurers' approaches reinforcing mental health stigma: Life CCC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
The Life Insurance Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has found many insurers are still using blanket mental health exclusions despite being required to assess customers' individual circumstances. Releasing its report on life insurers' compliance ...

ANZ fined $240m for bond trading, retail misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... its capital add-on to $750 million. ASIC chair Joe Longo slammed the bank for "fundamental issues" in its risk and compliance culture that "require the board's and executives' urgent attention". "In the bond trading case, ANZ was in a trusted ...

ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... traditions of market clearing and price discovery, of continuous disclosure in Australia, established rules around what compliance looks like, all those protections for investors, so it's important to understand the why."

Federal Court slaps Mawhinney with 15-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... funds related to financial products for 15 years after the Federal Court determined he had a "cavalier attitude to compliance" and was "reckless" in operating his business. Last Friday, Justice Button handed down the final relief, saying that unless ...

InterPrac wants super funds' reserves to remediate Shield, First Guardian victims

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... in Shield in July 2023 and First Guardian in December 2023. Both Venture Egg and Reilly Financial were placed on a compliance vetting in December 2023 which effectively ceased all new business from Venture Egg, he said. Last year, APRA announced changes ...

Equity Trustees defies ASIC Shield Master Fund allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... Mick O'Brien said: "The ETSL Board is committed to acting in members' best financial interests and takes its compliance obligations seriously. ETSL understands the deeply distressing circumstances for those affected by the misconduct of now banned ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... effective investment decisions, manage risks and communicate with clients, automating specific tasks in client onboarding, compliance checks, portfolio rebalancing, performance reporting and error corrections. Yet, what often hinders asset managers going ...

Binance names head of APAC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... continue advancing our mission of fostering sustainable and responsible growth, while upholding the highest standards of compliance in APAC," said Richard Teng, Binance chief executive, in a statement. Prior to Crypto.com, Seker held several senior legal ...

ASIC culls red tape, sets sights on more

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... guidance, its website, and its legal instruments. "Regulatory complexity raises costs, stifles innovation and makes compliance harder. Since we formed the ASIC Simplification Consultative Group late last year with key leaders across business, industry ...