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Time for another Wallis Inquiry

... recommendation was for APRA to adopt a 'soft touch' approach to regulation and yet the HIH collapse prompted calls for the watchdog to have a more aggressive stance. Harper also suggested that a comprehensive review could examine "whether the stronger ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
... releases April lending finance data while Record Investments shareholders meet to vote on merger with Allco and competition watchdog chairman Graeme Samuel speaks in Melbourne. NEW YORK - US stocks rebounded in late trading, pulling the Dow industrials ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2006
... was 25 points firmer at 4910. On the day investors will be watching share sin Toll and Patrick after the competition watchdog over the weekend said it had withdrawn its opposition to Toll's takeover bid for Patrick. Toll's proposal to sell its stake ...

APRA not budging on June RSE licence deadline

Superannuation watchdog APRA has announced that existing superannuation trustees have until February 17 to apply for an RSE licence. After that, all bets are off. "To date, the trustees of all major superannuation entities regulated by APRA that indicated ...

AES member funds safe

... failed to ensure that the fund's fee charges for lost and low-balance members were not excessive. As the superannuation watchdog is still continuing with its investigation, and said it will not make further comment, it is unclear what the conflicts of ...

ASIC gets active against small companies

Financial services watchdog ASIC has ramped up regulatory actions against people misleading creditors and consumers. ASIC has announced that it has successfully prosecuted 109 company officers and imposed more than $221,000 in fines and costs in the ...

Fincorp returns $21m to investors

Financial services watchdog ASIC has required finance company Fincorp to return up to $21 million plus interest to more than 1,000 investors of its 2004 prospectus, due to misleading and omitted information in the document. The Supreme Court of NSW ...

Watchdogs to recruit trustees for data collection

The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) has written to superannuation trustees to enlist their assistance in collecting fees and charges data which will in turn be published by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2005
... Tinto, Promina, MYOB and Tap Oil all front shareholders while Incitec-Pivot reveals first half earnings and competition watchdog chairman Graeme Samuel speaks in Melbourne.

Fincorp feels ASIC's displeasure

Financial watchdog ASIC has filed proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court against the heavily publicized Fincorp Investments. ASIC is alleging that Fincorp offered securities under a replacement prospectus, which contained misleading or deceptive statements ...