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Mac Private Wealth forced to rectify serious deficiencies

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... central to this is ensuring financial services are provided efficiently, honestly and fairly," said ASIC Chairman Greg Medcraft "Our surveillance found Macquarie Private Wealth fell significantly short of this mark, so ASIC took action. This is a major ...

Super's growth a challenge for ASIC: Medcraft

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... over the next decade is one of the biggest challenges facing Australia's corporate regulator, said ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft. As the size of the superannuation sector expands to $3 trillion over the next decade, the extra products, investors and funds ...

CBA proffers Storm settlement

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... additional money, "is a timely, fair and certain outcome for Storm investors who borrowed from CBA," said ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft. "Storm investors can be confident we would not have agreed to a settlement unless we thought the compensation was appropriate." ...

Medcraft calls for international super benchmarking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... information on where funds are being invested, and benchmark allocations against an international standard, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has said. Medcraft has previously argued in favour of detailed asset allocation disclosure on member statements, saying ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... Investment Fraud operations and the organised criminal groups behind them," according to the report. ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said the highly sophisticated scams could be difficult for even experienced investors to identify. "ASIC has worked closely ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... Mining chief executive Greg Robinson, Australian Agricultural Company chief executive David Farley and ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft are due to address the Stockbrokers Association Conference in Melbourne. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed lower ...

Medcraft to chair IOSCO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has been elected chairman of the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) at the annual conference in Beijing. Medcraft's IOSCO term will begin when current chairman, Masamichi Kono, steps ...

ASIC clears up infrastructure rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... complex business and operational characteristics or risks associated with infrastructure entities', said ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft. "Improved investor understanding of the infrastructure sector and effective disclosure of investment risk is particularly ...

ASIC: New regulations for responsible entities

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... resources to meet operating costs and there is appropriate alignment with the interests of investors, said ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft. "As Australia raises its profile as a leading financial centre, increasing minimum responsible entity capital requirements ...

ASIC accepts Commonwealth Financial Planning EU

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... of financial services, financial advice and the monitoring and supervision of its representatives. ASIC Chairman Greg Medcraft said, "This EU is significant as it requires CFP to comprehensively examine its risk management system to ensure non compliance ...