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CEDA calls for 'seamless economy' reforms as Roundtable begins

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... licensing alone is likely to require hundreds of millions of dollars. "A reinvigorated seamless approach won't solve all the issues in Commonwealth-State relations, but a concerted drive to streamline regulation can lift our economic dynamism and productivity," ...

ASIC turns spotlight on direct life sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... improving product monitoring. Some insurers have insufficient systems to monitor product problems, which allowed those issues to continue undetected, while others have no process for frontline staff to report concerns, despite them often being the first ...

Mercer Super sued over 'longstanding and systemic' failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... issue was deemed to be a significant breach of a core obligation. The investigations, ASIC alleges, related to a range of issues including insurance premiums not being refunded correctly after members had died; member accounts not being created with ...

ASIC to review RG97 to boost property supply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... to the requirements without undermining disclosures. "This is exactly the sort of actionable idea to address regulatory issues ASIC is open to testing," ASIC chair Joe Longo said. "We want to ensure red tape isn't unnecessarily holding back investments." ...

PC suggests removing excessive entry requirements for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... current entry requirements." Freeland called on the government to work constructively with the profession to understand the issues and address them before the number of financial advisers declines further. It's already expected a significant number of ...

Chalmers calls for solutions, not problems

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... solving. Ahead of the Roundtable, which will be held over three days from August 19 to 21, Treasury has released three issues papers around the three themes for the roundtable: resilience, productivity, and budget sustainability and tax reform. "The ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... "react quickly, be nimble in how they react to change." What's different is the pace of change. "There are just more issues now. We've always had to adapt, but now the number of fronts we're adapting on has increased-regulation, market shifts ...

ASIC issues warning over BTG Technology

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
ASIC has warned Australian investors against investing in unlicensed cryptocurrency futures products offered by BTG Technology Holdings Limited and its related entities (Bitget). ASIC said Bitget does not hold an AFSL, meaning it is not permitted to ...

FSC explores if adviser licensing framework remains 'fit for purpose'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... FSC Green Paper on the Advice Licensing Framework was published in collaboration with CoreData and explores how various issues such as industry fragmentation, varied financial requirements and professional indemnity insurance coverage are combining to ...

Macquarie suffers first strike on pay package

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... executive committee members and others, and these impacts also incorporated incentives for all senior executives to resolve the issues." This is the first-ever strike on the remuneration report Macquarie Group has been hit with. The 2025 remuneration ...