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Government increases market manipulation penalties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... critical components of our market architecture and improve the integrity, resilience and fairness of the Australian financial system," he said. "Furthermore, they will align our regulatory regime with international best practice, including regimes in ...

ING appoints head of wealth from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
... accredited since APRA revised the accreditation process in 2015." "Consistent with suggestions from the 2014 Financial System Inquiry, APRA's changes were intended to make the process more accessible for ADIs to achieve accreditation, without weakening ...

Australian Ethical appoints new executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... highly motivated to join us because our work is having a long-term positive impact," Vernon said. He added that a financial system based purely on the pursuit of profits or financial returns is not good enough. "A new model is needed where all decisions ...

ASIC to target non-compliant advisers and AFSLs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... "This report highlights our ongoing commitment to ensuring that Australians can have trust and confidence in the financial system. Where there are practices in our markets and financial services industry that could create harm, ASIC will take enforcement ...

Chief economist update: The dog ate my growth target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... People's Bank of China (PBOC) as "a money-added concept, indicating total funds the real economy obtained from the financial system over a certain period of time" (or simply, a broad measure of credit and liquidity) - more than doubled to CNY3.1 trillion ...

Actuaries Institute names chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... health, big data disruption, health care funding and retirement. She has driven significant involvement in the Financial System Inquiry as well as other inquiries conducted by major national regulators, he said. "Our members are instrumental in the reshaping ...

General advice "misleading": Productivity Commission

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... the existing notion of general advice to be scrapped. In its draft report into competition in the Australian financial system, the Productivity Commission argues the use of the term 'advice' should be limited to work undertaken by a professional adviser ...

Money managers eye household debt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... is, those most capable of continuing to service it as interest rates rise. "The risk here isn't so much to the financial system because of possible mortgage defaults, but to the broader economy because of what households under pressure will do to avoid ...

HLB Mann Judd revises AFSL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... to cease IER engagements. "AFS licensees active in the provision of IERs have heightened responsibilities as financial system gatekeepers. We will continue to monitor licensees and, where necessary, take licensing and enforcement actions," ASIC commissioner ...

Good news or bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... People's Bank of China (PBOC) as "a money-added concept, indicating total funds the real economy obtained from the financial system over a certain period of time" (or simply, a broad measure of credit and liquidity) - rose to CNY1.6 trillion in November ...