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Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... they believe it's time ASIC and APRA stepped up into the big league (which is why last week's bizarre speech by Greg Medcraft should be interpreted as his resignation letter). The graduated regulation Murray referred to is part of this but also is his ...

Medcraft furious over "absolutely appalling" advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft said that despite the regulators' efforts, he still had no confidence in the financial advice industry. Speaking at the National Press Club yesterday, Medcraft said the regulator's ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... the Australian Industry Group's November Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) is due out. ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft is slated to address to the National Press Club while Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson attends an Australian British Chamber ...

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 ...