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Trio director strikes back and takes APRA to court

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... financial services. Millhouse has decided to launch legal action against APRA himself and has called for an independent inquiry into the regulator. Millhouse was a director of Trio and member of the Trio Investment Committee from November 2003 to October ...

Victims push for new Trio fraud inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
The Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) are pushing for another inquiry on the Trio Capital fraud after the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) failed to address the victims' main issues of concern. VOFF spokesperson Paul Matters told Financial Standard ...

First submissions to ASIC inquiry made public

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
The first submissions to the Senate Economics Committee's inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) performance have been made public. The Senate Committee has received at least four submissions and has made two of them ...

ASIC highlights higher enforcement rate ahead of Senate inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... 371 enforcement actions between January and June 2013, according to an enforcement report released ahead of the Senate inquiry on ASIC's performance. In line with its efforts to demonstrate that it is taking action against those who breach the regulation ...

Aged care services under funded and set to worsen

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... Australian Unity group executive of Retirement Living Services Derek McMillan said. McMillan quoted a Productivity Commission inquiry on aged care that found that the sector is 30% under funded. He added that 366 people will be turning 75 years old every ...

ASIC's powers heightened under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... and there had to be significant breaches to cancel a licence," Bird said. Bird spoke weeks after the Senate started an inquiry on ASIC's performance. The inquiry was prompted by reports that ASIC had reacted slowly to information by whistleblowers but ...

Storm claim unfair and baseless: CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... slow reaction on investigating cases of misconduct within the Commonwealth Bank financial planning unit prompted a Senate inquiry into ASIC's performance. The inquiry will take a broad look at ASIC's behaviour and it is expected to look into the Storm ...

Storm lawyers take ASIC and CBA to court over settlement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... slow reaction on investigating cases of misconduct within the Commonwealth Bank financial planning unit prompted a Senate inquiry into ASIC's performance. The inquiry will take a broad look at ASIC's behaviour and it is expected to look into the Storm ...

Coalition confirms plans for FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... Superannuation Mathias Cormann said. "We will implement all 16 recommendations made as part of the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into FoFA," the document said. The recommendations include the complete removal of opt-in, the simplification and ...

ASIC far too slow to act on misconduct: Senator

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... Nationals senator John Williams told Financial Standard. Yesterday Williams introduced a motion into Parliament for a Senate inquiry into ASIC, which passed with bipartisan support. The Senate Economics References Committee will be conducting the inquiry ...