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ASIC enhances whistleblower communication

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... (ASIC) is taking steps to improve whistleblower communication and protection, one of the main concerns that prompted the Senate inquiry into the regulator's performance. ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft spoke this morning at a public hearing of the Senate ...

Advice riskiest ASIC sector

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... regards financial advice "as the riskiest sector" ASIC regulates. Medcraft appeared this morning at a public hearing of the Senate Economics Reference Committee, which investigates the regulator's performance, along with ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell. ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... indicators hit the screens. Schools were closed, flights were cancelled, power was disrupted and... Janet's testimony to the Senate Banking Committee was postponed. Deym, I won't get to hear Chairman Yellen repeat her reiteration of Fed policy. While ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... amendments that would undo previous expenditure cuts to US military pensions. The bill then passed the Democrat controlled Senate 67 to 31 despite efforts by the Tea Party aligned GOP Senator Ted Cruz to stall the vote by introducing procedural motions. ...

AFA to lobby on FoFA through grassroots campaign

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... representing them by asking them to engage personally with their federal elected representatives in both the lower house and the Senate," the AFA chief executive Brad Fox said in an email to the media. "We think it is incumbent on us to ensure that our ...

Medcraft always going to testify at inquiry: ASIC

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft will appear before the Senate inquiry into ASIC, despite media reports to the contrary, according to an ASIC statement. Medcraft publically announced his commitment to the ...

ASIC takes most action against small business owners

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... outcomes were achieved within the areas of market integrity, corporate governance and financial services. Submissions to the Senate inquiry on the performance of ASIC have recently highlighted consumer and business owners concerns that the regulator ...

Advisers "hopeful" to hear FoFA changes before 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... during the first half of 2014. But Anderson noted that legislative changes might take longer because they depend on the Senate, which is due to start sittings in mid-2014. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of policy and government ...

Australia's whistleblowing regime far from best-practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... researcher A.J. Brown asked for improvements and changes to Part 9.4 AAA of the Corporations Act in a submission to the Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). "Part 9.4AAA is limited and has ...

"People who complain are gotten rid of": ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
A submission to the Senate inquiry into the regulator's performance provides yet another testimony of a culture of "cronyism and favouritism" which includes threats and harassment of employees. The testimony comes from a former employee of the Australian ...