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ASIC to face parliamentary inquiry over CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
Parliament will launch an inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), after it was revealed that the regulator took 16 months to act on information that suggested serious misconduct in Commonwealth Bank financial planning. ...

Coalition opposes TASA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... Agents Services Act (TASA) bill on the same day that the Parliamentary Joint Committee is due to present the results of its inquiry to the Parliament. "It is completely inappropriate to release this sort of detail this late and expect people to comply ...

PJC to hold TASA hearing tomorrow

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... and Financial Services will hold its first hearing on the amendment of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) tomorrow. The inquiry will be held in Sydney and is scheduled to start at 2.15 pm. The PJC has also asked for submissions on the amendment of the ...

Government extends TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... advisers of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) bill and has referred the bill to the Parliamentary Joint Committee for an inquiry. After pressure from industry bodies, Bradbury has removed July 1, 2013, as the date when the exemption for financial advisers ...

FPA, AFA to lobby MPs for TASA delay

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... affect financial advisers. The bill is scheduled to be voted upon in Parliament tomorrow, after the Labor party blocked an inquiry about the Tax Laws Amendment bill in the Economics Legislation Committee last week. As a consequence, the legislation will ...

SPAA approves government's response to Trio reports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has come out in support of the government's response to the parliamentary inquiry into the collapse of Trio Capital, and the report into compensation arrangements for consumers of financial products. However ...

Opposition and VOFF criticise response to Trio report

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... (VOFF) have criticised Shorten's decision to "to deny even the minimal compensation recommended by the Joint Parliamentary inquiry." The reports recommended legislative changes to strengthen the professional indemnity insurance requirements of financial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... department, Mark Manning is due to appear before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' inquiry into the Corporations and Financial Sector Legislation amendment Bill. In equities news, Australand has its annual general ...

Bloomberg to make disclosure announcements via Twitter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... restricted or if investors don't know that's where they need to turn to get the latest news." The ruling follows a SEC inquiry that was launched into the use of social media by companies after the chief executive of online television and film broadcaster ...

SEC consults direct to the public

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... The initiative stands in contrast to Australian regulators which rely overwhelmingly on industry reactions. Driving the inquiry is SEC concern that too few consumers understand the regulatory structure of the wealth management industry and how this impacts ...