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FASEA welcomes new directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). Previously, Freeman spent more than a year as a director of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and was the director of policy and campaigns at the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network ...

ASIC enforcement must get tough: Commissioner

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... enforcement solution The Commissioner has already ruled out handing over a part of ASIC's remit to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). He stopped just short of recommending a civil enforcement agency for misconduct evidence gathered ...

Former ACCC chair will lead APRA capability review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
The Federal Government has appointed a former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman to lead a capability review of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. Responding to the Royal Commission's final report into Misconduct ...

Super funds defend $5bn infrastructure investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... allegations from the ACCC that a 2013 purchase of two New South Wales ports breached competition law. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against NSW Ports, alleging the consortium ...

Legislation lifts ASIC recruitment limitation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... after seven years in the role. Kell joined ASIC in 2011, having previously served as deputy chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. In 2013, he was promoted to deputy chair at ASIC and also served on the Australian Government Financial ...

Kell resigns from ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... governments as well as members of ASIC. Kell joined ASIC in 2011, having previously served as deputy chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. In 2013 he was promoted to deputy chair at ASIC and has also served on the Australian Government ...

ASIC commences civil action against ANZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... shares of the placement. ANZ said ASIC's investigation into the August 2015 placement is separate to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) proceedings. The ACCC, which oversees cartel conduct, refers serious conduct to the ...

Customer data protections progress

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... accounts, debit and credit cards, mortgages, personal and business loans and transaction accounts. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Data Standards Body are developing rules and standards that will provide further protections for ...

Charges laid in ANZ criminal cartel conduct case

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... competition regulator said in a statement. The charges follow from a two-year long investigation undertaken by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The news comes four days after ACCC said it expected charges to be laid against ANZ ...

ANZ, Deutsche and Citigroup under investigation for alleged cartel conduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... for alleged criminal cartel conduct during an August 2015 institutional share placement, the bank and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) confirmed this morning. The ACCC said it expects the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions ...