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Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... will be broad. "The inquiry will help shake up ASIC," Greens' senator Peter Whish-Wilson said. Nationals' Senator John Williams said that ASIC should be able to "put a stop order on a financial planner or a liquidator when evidence of misconduct is presented ...

ASIC to scrutinise The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
Confusion about the funding model of The New Daily has shown no sign of abating, after Nationals Senator John Williams requested the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) scrutinise The New Daily on the grounds that it is a bad investment. ...

CBA could face legal action over Operation Lantern

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... have been photographed with Fraser while hosting a Coalition campaign event that also attended Nationals' senator John Williams and a number of Coalition members, including former opposition leader, Kerry Chikarovski. Levitt claimed that photographic ...

Senate to question ASIC over alleged RBA corruption

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... on the alleged corruption within subsidiary companies of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Nationals' senator John Williams, who called for a Senate inquiry into the regulator, told Financial Standard that "there is no doubt that there will be questions ...

ASIC, "twin peaks" model faces review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... around the effectiveness of the current regulatory model for the financial services industry. Nationals Senator John Williams called for a Senate inquiry into the regulator, which received bipartisan support. At the same time, Treasurer Joe Hockey is ...

First submissions to ASIC inquiry made public

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... $500,000 and asks for more protection by ASIC. "I would expect a lot of submissions coming through," Nationals Senator John Williams told Financial Standard. On June Williams introduced a motion into Parliament asking for a Senate inquiry into ASIC after ...

ASIC far too slow to act on misconduct: Senator

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... Commission (ASIC) has been "far too slow to act" on misconduct in the financial services industry, Nationals senator John Williams told Financial Standard. Yesterday Williams introduced a motion into Parliament for a Senate inquiry into ASIC, which passed ...

ASIC to face parliamentary inquiry over CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... misconduct in Commonwealth Bank financial planning. The vote took place today following a notice of motion by senator John Williams that was supported by senator Doug Cameron and Greens' leader Christine Milne. The inquiry will look into ASIC's complaint ...

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... start of a new weaker growth trend in the US economy and the US Federal Reserve does as San Francisco Fed president John Williams and Philadelphia Fed chief Charles Plosser prescribe. Williams: "It's clear that the labor market has improved since September" ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... scare" is true. If this is the case, how could CNN Money's story - about San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank president John Williams' comment that, "If all goes as hoped, we could end the purchase program sometime late this year" - be true also? The next ...