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ASX will cut clearing fees if monopoly extended

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... "ASX is consulting with its customers and other stakeholders in conjunction with a review by the Council of Financial Regulators, and decision by the Government, on the market structure for cash equities clearing and settlement. The Council's review ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... last counted, there were 534,176 funds representing 1,011,686 members and $543 billion. Each of Australia's financial regulators - ASIC, APRA and Treasury - have said this year that they do not think the sector needs any additional regulation to manage ...

Murray calls for ASIC to have more money and power

MARK SMITH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... that the government currently lacks a regular process that allows it to assess the overall performance of financial regulators ASIC was specifically referenced in recommendation 29. "Introduce an industry funding model for the Australian Securities and ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... Regulator accountability: Create a new Financial Regulator Assessment Board to advise Government annually on how financial regulators have implemented their mandates. Provide clearer guidance to regulators in Statements of Expectation and increase the ...

MySuper fees approaching KiwiSaver best practice

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... practice than we realise. In a submission to the Financial Systems Inquiry (FSI) by the New Zealand Council of Financial Regulators (a NZ official group that includes the NZ Financial Markets Authority; NZ Treasury; the Reserve Bank of NZ; and the Ministry ...

Hot property on notice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... take more direct action this time, "The Bank is discussing with APRA, and other members of the Council of Financial Regulators, additional steps that might be taken to reinforce sound lending practices, particularly for lending to investors." Did someone ...

Citi appoints former ASIC deputy chair to board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... pleased to announce the appointment of Belinda to the board. Belinda is one of Australia's most respected financial regulators and brings to the board a depth of experience across financial markets, banking and business."

SEC bestow first whistleblowers awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
While Australian financial regulators wrestle with how to treat whistleblowers, in the US regulators actually have a formal executive office dedicated to supporting them and even bestow awards on whistleblowers. The US Securities Exchange Commission ...

We don't want to regulate SMSFs: APRA, ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Australia's financial regulators do not want to oversee self managed super funds (SMSF) deliberately avoiding the question when asked at the FSC conference whether they should or would if given an opportunity to do so. "We don't want to regulate SMSFs," ...

Bank ads confusing: research

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... not. Only 12.6% of respondents correctly selected the best deal from a choice of three mortgage ads. "The financial regulators have laid down the rules which say we have to advertise this way, but it's not delivering, it's not giving people what they ...