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The tax system is being weaponised to inflict abuse, ombudsman says

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Over two million Australians, mostly women, have suffered financial abuse at the hands of an intimate partner, sometimes through the weaponisation of the tax system, with impacts that can be "devastating and long-lasting" to survivors and their families ...

APRA hits ANZ with $1bn capital penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) has accepted a Court Enforceable Undertaking (CEU) from ANZ to address ongoing weaknesses in the bank's non-financial risk management practices and risk culture. APRA also increased the capital add-on ...

ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... Australia with that growing investment," he said. The question he has been "grappling" with now is: do private markets need regulatory intervention? Pressing concerns for Longo are the need for transparency and the "data deficit" in private markets. ...

iExtend appoints chief operating officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... Michael Hull as chief operating officer with the aim to enhance its operational frameworks and to ensure compliance and regulatory standards continue to be delivered as the business grows. Hull brings a broad business background to the role, having spent ...

Otivo launches AI-powered advice tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... its offering. Isterling said the tool will provide a SoA after every interaction to ensure the tool is compliant with regulatory requirements. "Ask Otivo will stick to the advice that is given inside of the SoA, and we record all the information," he ...

Talaria taps Equity Trustees as RE for three funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... and compliance, supporting Talaria in delivering their investment strategy with confidence. "Ensuring that funds meet regulatory, and compliance obligations is paramount, and responsible entity services are a vital component in achieving this," he said. ...

Not one trustee tracked end-to-end claims handling times: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
A review of major superannuation trustees by ASIC found that not even one monitored or reported on the full process of death benefit claims handling. The review of superannuation trustees including, Australian Retirement Trust, Avanteos (Colonial First ...

Queensland adviser banned for five years

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
A Queensland financial adviser has been banned by ASIC for failing to act in the best interests of his clients and failing to prioritise their interests. Grant Thomson is banned from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on ...

RBA and ASIC slam the ASX: 'Deeply disappointed'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... caused and exacerbated the December 2024 incident. The regulators warned the ASX that they are prepared to take further regulatory action if these issues are not urgently addressed. "This could include the use of the regulators' new powers under reforms ...

APRA levy to cost $243m in FY26

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... identifying prudential risks and taking proactive action to prevent harm before it can occur, assisting in minimising regulatory burden, and facilitating competition and innovation," Treasury said. "While primarily a supervision-led regulator, APRA also ...