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ASIC to run rule over mortgage commissions

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... line to have their commissions and non-monetary incentives scrutinised by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). According to reports, the regulator will over the next fortnight ask the big four banks and eight other lenders to ...

Financial Sector Advisory Council back in action

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... to the government on the performance of the financial system regulators: the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC); the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA); and the Payments System Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Super fund disclosure gets extension

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... portfolio holdings disclosure and choice product dashboard requirements. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said the new start date will now be 30 June 2017, a result of allowing proposed legislation to pass federal parliament ...

Drop in regulator staff numbers under coalition

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... years in office, according to a new report by the Australia Institute. Average Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) staff numbers have fallen 14.4% from 1,834 in the 2013-14 budget period to 1,569 in 2015-16. Australia Tax Office staff ...

Regulators defended in calls for Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... services sector. At a doorstop interview in Sydney yesterday, Turnbull said both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) had powers equal to a Royal Commission, and more in ...

ASIC commences proceedings against Westpac

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... declarations that Westpac contravened s.12CA, s.12CB and the former s.12CC of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) (ASIC Act), s.912A(1), s.1041A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act)." In addition, ASIC ...

Further fintech reform on cards

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... funding options." Morrison said the government has also been working with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on the development of a "regulatory sandbox" for Australian fintechs. He said this would enable firms to manage regulatory ...

Senate to investigate life industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... Whether a life insurance industry code of conduct is required; and The role of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in reform and oversight of the industry. In a statement the office of Senator Williams said the new terms of reference ...

ANZ ready to fight ASIC over BBSW

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
ANZ has strongly rejected allegations of rate rigging by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The regulator last week launched its legal case against the bank in the Federal Court in Melbourne for market manipulation of the bank ...

Regulators coordinating efforts to protect super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... Conference in Adelaide, Australian Taxation Office (ATO) commissioner Chris Jordan and Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Greg Tanzer said cooperation between the two bodies had never been stronger and both were putting ...