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Future Group joins campaign to ban gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... week to adopt a partial ban, going against the recommendation last year for a complete ban according to a parliamentary inquiry on online gambling led by the late MP Peta Murphy. A total ban would place both media companies under more revenue strain. ...

FAAA calls on advisers: 'We ask for your support'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... anger stems from these main objections," Anderson said. "Getting to the bottom of this will only happen through a public inquiry. We are continuing to call for a public inquiry, and we ask for your support to achieve that."

ASIC to launch new criminal investigation team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... two separate bodies; one focused on companies and the other on financial services enforcement. ASIC conceded during the Inquiry that its 'very wide remit' impacts its approach to regulatory activity. "Separating this broad remit into two individual ...

Government urged to overhaul gift tax system

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
The Australian government has tabled the final report of the Productivity Commission's (PC) inquiry into philanthropy in Australia: Future foundations for giving. The report makes several recommendations to strengthen the foundations of philanthropy ...

AFCA caps Dixon claimants at 2773

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... Resort (CSLR), funding model that must be fixed. The Dixons scandal is on such a massive scale that it warrants a public inquiry into the circumstances that led to this failure and recommendations to ensure this cannot happen again," FAAA chief executive ...

ASIC levy to slug advisers $48.4m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... injected an additional $400 million into ASIC to cover four years. It also expanded ASIC's powers. "However, evidence to the inquiry suggests that the increases to ASIC's resourcing have not resulted in a marked uplift in ASIC's performance. As such ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... calling for a complete overhaul of its structure, powers and how it's funded. In October 2022, the Senate referred an inquiry into the capacity and capability of ASIC to proportionately respond to reports of alleged misconduct. The inquiry, chaired ...

Financial advice profession 'lacks consistent protocols'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... Association Australia (FAAA). In its submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into Financial Abuse, the FAAA put forward seven key recommendations to help reduce the impact of financial abuse. These ...

Super account advice fees a sticking point for advice bill: Senate inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... financial advice as the bill simply codifies current practice into law." Many stakeholders who submitted feedback to the inquiry referred to the sole purpose test to achieve greater clarity. The Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association (SIAA) ...

More businesses fold, unpaid super recovery measure to launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... the recovery program over its lifespan," she told a Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry last year. Super has not been included in the entitlements until Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the recalibration last ...