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ASIC calls on AFS licensees to 'step up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning about share sale fraud after a spike in reports of stolen shares due to identify theft. ASIC said it has conducted an industry review and provided updated guidance for ...

Productivity woes endure in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... was stagnant in the March quarter and declined over the year, according to the latest figures from the Productivity Commission. Productivity Commission deputy chair Alex Robson said Australia's productivity problem is no flash in the pan, calling it ...

ASIC launches fresh inquiry into ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... coming weeks. It will include secondees from the Reserve Bank of Australia, APRA and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. ASIC will publish a report of the outcome of the inquiry, which will inform the next steps it may take.

ASIC puts 18 finfluencers on notice amid global campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... million followers to request they remove posts from their social media accounts. Meanwhile, Canada's BC Securities Commission issued 74 letters to YouTubers and others from around the world who promoted listed companies in British Columbia and hand-delivered ...

Government to convene a productivity roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... sought to undermine productivity by abolishing structures to drive it - such as the Australian Building and Construction Commission. He also said that Albanese "saddled the economy with thousands of new regulations." However, he added "we're open to ...

Labor proposes changes to ancillary funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... is the greater of $11,000 or 5% of the fund's net asset value. The proposed reforms are off the back of Productivity Commission's recommendations in the Future foundations for giving final report and the Blueprint Expert Reference Group in its Not-for-profit ...

Super needs customised, personalised approach: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... the major gap exists in the system. The first reason why it exists is because the industry grapples in the post-Royal Commission regulatory environment that poses significant barriers to how trustees want to service and support and engage members. "The ...

ASIC alleges Choosi flogged Hannover life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... companies." If the court finds that Choosi contravened ss 12DB and 12DF of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001, it could pay $16.5 million for a single contravention.

Minimum wage to rise 3.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... wage rates will increase by 3.5% on July 1. The minimum wage is currently $24.10 an hour and, following the Fair Work Commission's decision today, will rise to $24.95 an hour. This equates to a before-tax wage of $948 per week, up about $32, or an annual ...

Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... background in climate science, sustainability best practice and infrastructure planning, Lucchese worked for the EU Commission, the UK's Capital Markets Union and the UN Global Compact's Cities Program. Before arriving at U Ethical, she worked ...