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ASX appoints former ASIC chair to lead advisory group

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
... replacement is successfully administered. The regulator launched a review into the blunder last March which looked to investigate if the exchange and its directors' breached obligations under several sections of the Corporations Act. ASIC further ...

Mayfair 101 calls for senate inquiry into ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... Hempton's "spidey-sense" email he sent Karen Chester." Mawhinney is calling for the Senate Economics Committee to investigate ASIC's handling of Mayfair, adding that it should include disclosing all communications between Hempton and Chester. ...

UK government investigates sexism in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
The UK government is exploring sexism in the financial services sector, investigating the barriers still faced by women and whether careers should be marketed differently. In doing so, it's calling for international case studies for comparison. The ...

Jones lifts adviser levy freeze, updates funding model

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
The federal government will lift the financial adviser levy freeze as it unveils recommendations that make minor changes to the industry funding model following a review. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones yesterday ...

New inquiry targets audit sector following PwC scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
A parliamentary inquiry into Australia's audit sector has been launched following PwC's tax leak scandal. Undertaken by the Joint Standing Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Senator Deborah O'Neill advised the inquiry will ...

Bank of England launches first system- wide stress test

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
... and from NBFIs, and the behaviour of NBFIs and banks in stress, including what drives that behaviour. It will also investigate how these behaviours and market dynamics can amplify shocks in markets and potentially bring about risks to UK financial stability. ...

Banned adviser told to stay put

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
... Adele Ferguson on national television. He is now required to remain in Australia while the regulator continues to investigate his conduct. Prior to Shaw and Partners, Ridgway spent close to 12 years as a senior client adviser at Bell Potter Securitie ...

FRAA releases draft APRA, ASIC metrics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
... its resources to address the areas of greatest harm to consumers, investors, and markets. "ASIC is not resourced to investigate every instance of alleged misconduct that comes to its attention, and so must make difficult choices and prioritise its regulatory ...

Vanguard fined for defective account statements

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... regulations, and with applicable FINRA rules. A firm's duty of supervision includes the responsibility to reasonably investigate red flags that suggest misconduct may be occurring."

No regrets: Hayne reflects on Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
... superannuation, life insurance and financial advice industries. "One of the oddities about doing a Royal Commission is that you investigate an area, you make your recommendations, but you are making your recommendations to government," he said. "And ...