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Future Group joins campaign to ban gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... move this week to adopt a partial ban, going against the recommendation last year for a complete ban according to a parliamentary inquiry on online gambling led by the late MP Peta Murphy. A total ban would place both media companies under more revenue ...

ASIC to launch new criminal investigation team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... done alongside a rework of the new regulators' 'statement of expectations' to strengthen transparency and parliamentary oversight."

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... ASIC contain expectations and priorities relating to transparency, and that it be provided in draft form to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services for inquiry and report. The committee also believes the government should ...

Financial advice profession 'lacks consistent protocols'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... whistleblower protections, according to the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA). In its submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into Financial Abuse, the FAAA put forward seven key recommendations ...

Coalition's housing policy could cut Commonwealth Rent Assistance costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
... The analysis focused on 38-year-olds and assumed that 20% of renters would purchase a home under the scheme. The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) estimated that the proposal could decrease the cost of the CRA by $35.4 million over the 2023-24 Budget ...

More businesses fold, unpaid super recovery measure to launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... recoveries represent a return on investment of 514 per cent for the recovery program over its lifespan," she told a Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry last year. Super has not been included in the entitlements ...

UK forewarns Australia on wholesale test changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... government touts overhauling wholesale investor tests that could result in channels of funding dry up. A recent Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry is considering a refresh of the entire wholesale investor test ...

Wholesale investor test reform has several ramifications: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... relevant industry stakeholders to ensure it takes into account all possible consequential impacts." On March 20, a Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services launched an inquiry into the entire wholesale investor testing framework. ...

ASIC hits back at parliament: 'Simply not realistic'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chair Joe Longo had some choice words when addressing the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services today. When questioned over its capacity to respond to people who approach ...

ASIC consults on misconduct reporting rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... obligations. The consultation is in response to feedback from industry associations, professional bodies, and the Parliamentary Joint Committee's recent recommendation on statutory reporting obligations, which advocated for a comprehensive review to ...