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ASIC launches action against Equity Trustees for $65m First Guardian failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... case of alleged and widespread fraud, and that the focus should be on those parties. "The actions by regulators and government to expose the misconduct of now-banned financial advisers and allegedly fraudulent promoters, responsible entities and investment ...

Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... governments in emerging markets. "Governments play different roles in different markets in our part of the world. The Chinese government is obviously much more interventionist in capital markets, and we play the case in some other places. Sometimes that ...

Investors thrust into rules of the 'jungle': Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... factor in markets," she said, pointing to defence and warfare as some key drivers. Then there is the case of the US government. "Unfortunately, I don't think that the tribal times are going away anywhere. This is going to be a factor, whether Trump's ...

Government to fast track low-risk foreign investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
The government is further strengthening Australia's foreign investment framework in a bid to unlock more investment and subject higher risk proposals to more rigorous scrutiny. This builds on the first tranche of reforms introduced in 2024. The changes ...

CALI calls for government to help fund CSLR

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) is calling on the government to help fund the burgeoning Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) to stop putting "undue" pressure on Australia's risk advisers. The government has announced the shared ...

SIAA focuses mission on building prosperity for investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... community to support these strategic imperatives," she said. "We're going to deepen even further our relationships with government and regulators." In the last 12 months, SIAA has launched 13 public policy submissions and attended 127 government ...

ASIC furthers simplification with regulatory roadmaps

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... will prioritise working with APRA and other regulators to streamline and consolidate data requests and support the government's law reform, promoting productivity. Heading into 2027, the focus will be on RegistryConnect to deliver streamlined digital ...

ASFA joins Finance Industry Council of Australia

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... Andrew Hall said ASFA's inclusion would strengthen the organisation's ability to deliver coordinated policy advice to government across the financial services landscape. "Superannuation is integral to Australia's financial system, and its inclusion in ...

Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... successful experimentation into real-world adoption through continued collaboration between industry, regulators and government, Putniņš said. The completion of the project phase was welcomed by the industry, however BTC Markets chief commercial officer ...

Mulino targets retail investor protections, high-risk MISs: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... funding bonanza to prevent another Shield and First Guardian Master Fund disaster. Providing more details about how the government is approaching new regulation around MISs, which received a nearly $18 million funding boost on Budget night, Mulino said ...