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ASIC budget cuts revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Government expenditure for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is expected to fall by $18 million over the next three to four years, according to projections revealed in the budget. Expenditure is projected to be $350 million ...

Hockey launches Serious Financial Crime Taskforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... Australian Federal Police, Attorney-General's Department, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions and Australian Customs and Border Protection ...

Former AMP chief executive joins Westpac

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... AMP chief executive Craig Dunn will join the board of Westpac in June, according to an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange. Also recently appointed chairman of Sydney's new fintech hub Stone and Chalk, Dunn has more than 20 years' experience ...

ASIC delays super portfolio disclosure again

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... holdings disclosure reporting and choice product dashboard requirements has been delayed until 1 July 2016, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said. The requirements were due to start on 1 July 2015, but the regulator deferred ...

Wealthsure to cancel AFS licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... Services (WFS), now wholly owned by Sentry Group. WPL has been under an enforceable undertaking (EU) with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) since August 2013. The regulator first identified recurring compliance failures within ...

Advisers Register hits 22k

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... advisers to its list, now providing consumers with an ability to search more than 22,000 in the industry. Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deputy chair, Peter Kell, recently indicated that next month consumers will also be able ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... the Trowbridge Review on Retail Life Insurance Advice was designed as an independent review following the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's Review of retail life insurance advice (or ASIC REP 413) issued in October 2014. For industry ...

Report confirms failed CBA compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... Project Hartnett, which the bank put in place in 2008, and at the Compensation Program that started under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) enforceable undertaking to Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFPL) and Financial Wisdom ...

Industry should help fund ASIC: ANZ

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
ANZ top executives supported the idea that the financial services industry should help fund the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) so it can "fully police industry behaviour." ANZ deputy chief executive officer Graham Hodges told ...

BetaShares launches ASX-listed hedge fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Exchange traded funds (ETF) provider BetaShares listed a hedge fund to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The BetaShares Australian Equities Strong Bear Hedge Fund will invest its assets into cash and sell equity index futures contracts (ASX ...