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IOSCO releases retail investor education report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
IOSCO, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions, has released its final report on investor education for retail consumers. In a statement, IOSCO said it has long recognised investor education as a key strategy for enhancing investor ...

Financial services industry unites for marriage equality

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Australia's financial services businesses have put rivalries aside and got ahead of politics in a country-wide campaign to support marriage equality. A total of 562 organisations, among which are Australia's top financial services businesses, have signed ...

NAB too big to change culture overnight: Thorburn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... regulator's concerns about its financial planning arm. Thorburn noted that NAB is a "large, complex international organisation with many products, 43,000 people, 900 stores and 225 banking centres just in Australia." Speaking at a Women in Banking and ...

ASIC calls for standard cyber risk measure

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... efficiency of global capital markets." Speaking at a Bloomberg Address in Sydney, Medcraft said that the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has made the risk of cyber-attacks "a priority" under his chairmanship. He said that ...

IOSCO updates FinLit framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has released its final report outlining its global framework for investor education and financial literacy. In their Strategic Framework for Investor Education and Financial Literacy report ...

UK advice giant deVere enters Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... service and advice and will now also be able to take advantage of all the associated benefits a robust international organisation is able to offer," said Green. The company said a country manager for deVere Australia will be appointed imminently.

IOSCO recommends improved disclosure for direct products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
The growth of directly distributed financial products has pushed a Joint Forum of the International Organisation of Securities Organisations (IOSCO) to call for improved global regulation and disclosure standards for products sold this way. In Australia ...

Medcraft always going to testify at inquiry: ASIC

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... something I take very seriously," he said. Fairfax Media claimed Medcraft would be meeting with the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSO) in Kuala Lumpur on February 19th, two days after the inquiry was scheduled to begin. In the ...

ASIC publishes Medcraft travel details

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... documents reveal that the majority of these visits include meetings in his capacity as chairman of the International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO). The ASIC boss has faced criticism in the media for his role with IOSCO - to which he was ...

ASIC chair defends against media 'smear'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... is something we take very seriously," he said. Medcraft also defended his position as chair of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) against "critical media reports". "This is a role I was elected to by countries around the ...