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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 ...

Regulators must enforce rules, not write them: Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
The Murray inquiry must review the role of the financial regulators to ensure that they remain within their remit of regulation enforcement, Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden has said. Speaking at the launch of the FSC/Deloitte ...

ASX flags concerns over losing single operator status

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... securities, every other major equity market has single facilities. In a submission paper to the Council of Financial Regulators' on competition for equity market clearing and settlements, the ASX claimed its important for policy makers to avoid a repeat ...

Research warns super funds on reporting

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... a recent analysis by the Actuaries Institute. Recommendations, prepared for the actuarial profession and financial regulators, outline six principles to ensure that investment returns are reported accurately. "The best way to compare performance is in ...

Market solutions favoured in OTC derivative reform

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
The Council of Financial Regulators has recommended a preference for market-led solutions, in part driven by appropriate regulatory incentives to comply with a G20 commitment on OTC derivatives. The Government released the consultation paper yesterday ...

ASIC appoints new commissioner

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... audit and policy development at the commission during this time. Price is also a member of the Council of Financial Regulators, the co-ordinating body for Australia's main financial regulatory agencies. Bernie Ripoll, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer ...

ETP growth attracts IOSCO concerns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... growth in Exchange Traded Products and growing concern about new synthetic variants has prompted international financial regulators to issue a discussion paper on whether and how the sector should be regulated. Exchange Traded Products (ETP) include ...

Former Treasury Secretary joins NAB Board

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... adviser to Paul Keating. He has also served on the Reserve Bank board, the Board of Taxation and the Council of Financial Regulators. Henry is currently an economic adviser for the Gillard government and leading a review of Australia's financial relationship ...