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Royal Commission seeks further disclosure over financial misconduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne had to repeatedly ask some of Australia's largest financial services businesses to properly explain the nature, extent and effect of any misconduct over the past five to 10 years. Overseeing the Royal Commission into the Misconduct ...

Small advice firms face big data breach penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... personal information and that can result in serious harm will be reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), an independent statutory body that monitors privacy and freedom of information. "Serious harm to an individual ...

Royal Commission begins in February

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... submissions ahead of its first hearing on Monday, 12 February 2018. The initial public hearing, which will see the Commissioner and Senior Counsel Assisting make short opening statements, will be open to the public and live streamed via the Royal Commission's ...

ATO toasts the "SMSF class of 2012"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... median and average age of members was 50. The median age of new members in 2016 decreased to 47, which ATO assistant commissioner Kasey Macfarlane said "tells us that more trustees are entering the SMSF sector at an earlier stage in their working life ...

HLB Mann Judd revises AFSL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... gatekeepers. We will continue to monitor licensees and, where necessary, take licensing and enforcement actions," ASIC commissioner John Price said.

SMEs lack cybersecurity resilience: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... managed systems and data. All firms indicated that these were priority areas for the next investment period. ASIC Commissioner Cathie Armour said: "Cyber resilience is now widely regarded as one of the most significant concerns for the financial markets ...

Federal Government names Royal Commission lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... Brandis and Treasurer Scott Morrison, announced the Government will recommend Kenneth Madison Hayne be appointed Royal Commissioner by the Governor General. Hayne was a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1997 to 2015, having previously served ...

Sydney licensee caught out on conflicts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... publication by those stockbrokers of sell-side research on securities should be independent and objective," ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said. "Ensuring this conduct meets these standards directly is necessary to ensure the integrity of financial ...

Treasury rolls out ASIC industry funding fee paper

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... component of the Government's plan to improve consumer outcomes in the financial services sector," O'Dwyer added. ASIC commissioner John Price welcomed the consultation paper, saying: "The current fees for these activities do not reflect their actual ...

ATO warns SMSFs about risky arrangements

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... fund members about entering risky retirement planning arrangements that could potentially be illegal. ATO deputy commissioner James O'Halloran urged SMSF trustees to be wary of considerations or approaches about arrangements that seem "too good to be ...