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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... Value Index, all for November. The Governance Institute's national conference, including speakers ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft, ASX executive and chief compliance officer Kevin Lewis and APRA deputy chair Ian Laughlin, is on in Brisbane. In equities news ...

ASIC stands up for adviser national exam

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... national examination to lift industry standards, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft has told a parliamentary committee "The industry needs to get its house in order and the introduction of a compulsory national ...

AMP, Vanguard and ASIC join forces to simplify disclosure

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... self-assessment tool to guide investor understanding. "More work needs to be done on short disclosure," ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. "Investors tend to turn off when faced with wordy disclosure documents. If they need more detail, investors can ...

ASIC calls for standard cyber risk measure

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... measure the businesses' vulnerability to the risk, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft said. "Cyber-crime around the world is growing and will continue to grow," Medcraft said, and noted that highly interconnected ...

ASIC pays commissioners $2.9m in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... paid in 2014 was $714,139, including superannuation, and the lowest was $491,790. ASIC top officials are chairman Greg Medcraft, deputy chairman Peter Kell, commissioner John Price, commissioner Greg Tanzer and commissioner Cathy Armour. A total of 33 ...

Industry needs unified solution to insurance "failure": ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... "There was material presented to ASIC around allegations of cheating and irregularities in exams," ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. Medcraft refused Nationals' Senator John Williams statement that ASIC would have lost the so-called 'Penske File', which ...

ASIC announces National Financial Literacy Strategy

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... month to access free and impartial tools and resources to help them make their financial decisions," ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. The Australian Government Financial Literacy Board chairman Paul Clitheroe said being good with money can improve our ...

ASIC changes depend on the government: Medcraft

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... depend on the level of resilience that the government wants from the financial services regulator, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. Medcraft spoke at a media conference the day after the Senate Economics Committee made public the final report after ...

Investors should take responsibility for themselves: Medcraft

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... core part of the financial services system, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft said, ahead of the Senate report on the inquiry into the regulator. The Senate Economics Committee is expected to report its ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... points at 5,413. Locally, in economic news on Tuesday, Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman Greg Medcraft is slated to speak at an Australian Institute of Company Directors lunch in Sydney. In equities news, Nexus Energy has a creditors ...