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FS Advice: Medcraft's appalling speech

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
Check out the latest edition of the FS Advice newsletter here Last week, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft's outburst about financial planning got everyone talking. He used the words "absolutely appalling" when referring to the fact that Australian consumers ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... the Australian Industry Group's November Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) is due out. ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft is slated to address to the National Press Club while Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson attends an Australian British Chamber ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... Value Index, all for November. The Governance Institute's national conference, including speakers ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft, ASX executive and chief compliance officer Kevin Lewis and APRA deputy chair Ian Laughlin, is on in Brisbane. In equities news ...

AMP, Vanguard and ASIC join forces to simplify disclosure

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... self-assessment tool to guide investor understanding. "More work needs to be done on short disclosure," ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. "Investors tend to turn off when faced with wordy disclosure documents. If they need more detail, investors can ...

Industry needs unified solution to insurance "failure": ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... "There was material presented to ASIC around allegations of cheating and irregularities in exams," ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. Medcraft refused Nationals' Senator John Williams statement that ASIC would have lost the so-called 'Penske File', which ...

ASIC announces National Financial Literacy Strategy

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... month to access free and impartial tools and resources to help them make their financial decisions," ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. The Australian Government Financial Literacy Board chairman Paul Clitheroe said being good with money can improve our ...

ASIC changes depend on the government: Medcraft

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... depend on the level of resilience that the government wants from the financial services regulator, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. Medcraft spoke at a media conference the day after the Senate Economics Committee made public the final report after ...

Budget cuts force ASIC to axe surveillance

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... Investments Commission (ASIC) have forced the regulator to axe proactive surveillance in a number of areas. ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft told the Senate Economics Committee during a budget estimates hearing that changes to the regulator's activity were ...

ASIC budget cuts send the wrong message: Greens

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... wrong message to would-be criminals, Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said. Whish-Wilson spoke after ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said that ASIC will have to rely more on whistleblowers to remain effective, after the latest government budget cut its ...

CBA forced to review poor compensation methods

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... However, it added that Commonwealth Financial Planning "is now a significantly transformed business." ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft stressed that the problems identified were not with the file reviews done or with the amounts of compensation offered. "The ...