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ASIC outlines credit agency requirements

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... agencies review the ratings affected by material changes to rating methodologies within six months of the change. These regulations are designed to align Australia's regulation of credit rating agencies with IOSCO principles and with regulation passed ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... Pittsburg this Thursday and Friday. The G-20 discussion will certainly also make CEOs sweat - their pay is at stake - and regulations, restrictions and measures to ensure the GFC does not happen ever again. Can't blame Wall Street - and by extension ...

Regulators tighten grip on hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... and Exchange Commission and UK's Financial Services Authority have announced plans to explore common reporting and regulations of hedge funds - developments that could set the template for Australian hedge fund regulation. The two financial services ...

IOSCO to impose new rule on FoHFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... Group, said the report's recommendations would influence pending regulatory changes. "As the SEC starts to draft new regulations they will be influenced by these sorts of reports," he said. He said the report's recommendations would make it difficult ...

Govt announces short selling disclosure timeline

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... services, superannuation and corporate law, said the government had been consulting the industry on short selling regulations. "These regulations, that include the short selling disclosure requirements, will be publicly released in the next month or ...

Macquarie enters China JV

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... Macquarie Capital Asia. Macquarie owns 19.99 per cent of the joint venture company, the maximum allowed under current regulations. Sanjili owns 60 per cent and Ronda owns 20.01 per cent. SATC will be jointly managed. This is Macquarie's second JV in ...

EC's reforms could be fatal to hedgies

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... years after the directive is introduced. Matching the regulatory equivalence in Australia could mean that current AFSL regulations would need to be altered to fit the EC's requirements. "This unreasonable directive will make it extremely difficult and ...

Future lies in present

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... were soaring - they may be higher now but they were high even then. No one complained about financial supervision and regulations back then -- it suited their greed. Crises such as these force governments and investors to take stock and reflect. But ...

More pain to come for councils

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... wholistic level for investments. "[Investment regulation] is fragmented for each state. Each state has its own act and regulations. "It's hard to get a consensus, Australia-wide approach, but each state should also be reviewing its legislation and if ...

Nooo Commission strips trailing fees off home loans

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... lenders that agreed to the "flat fee" model and are in discussions with others. The move coincides with new, stricter regulations imposed on the mortgage broking industry. Previously, the industry has been loosely regulated and the rules differed state-by-state. ...