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ASIC launches fresh inquiry into ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... coming weeks. It will include secondees from the Reserve Bank of Australia, APRA and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. ASIC will publish a report of the outcome of the inquiry, which will inform the next steps it may take.

New ACCC chief named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has appointed Sarah Proudfoot as chief executive. Despite also conducting an external search, Proudfoot started with the ACCC in 2005 when she joined the agency's Infocentre. She has since held ...

New tax cuts for every Australian 'a complete joke': UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... also be using the "powers and penalties" available to energy regulators and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to help ensure "energy companies offer customers cheaper deals." Chalmers, in rolling out what he called a "substantial ...

ASIC names new chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... named a chief executive, following Warren Day's abrupt exit in June last year. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chief executive Scott Gregson will join ASIC on March 29 to replace the current interim chief executive Greg Yanco, who ...

M&A and IPO the 'gamechangers' for 2025: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... Parliament on November 28, coming into effect from 1 January 2026, but according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), it will also allow for "merger parties to start using the new merger regime on a voluntary basis from July ...

ACCC approves Lendlease, Stockland property deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) won't block Stockland and Thai property developer Supalai's plan to acquire 12 of Lendlease's 16 residential community projects, but there are strings attached. The masterplanned communities ...

DG Institute to pay near $20m for misleading courses

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... must also reimburse $14.7 million to students who enrolled in the MWC course, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced. The redress orders are to compensate the equivalent amount to the course fees paid by more than 2100 students ...

Stockland, Invesco Real Estate forge land lease deal

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... greater Perth. The transaction is currently up for regulatory approval with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) commencing its review on February 8. Stockland's land lease community strategy is supported by Australia's ageing ...

Government introduces company merger overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... decides that they don't raise any competition concerns. The average period for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to process merger authorisations has been 171 days. Chalmers and Leigh added that they plan to introduce a single ...

Government promises transparent financial services regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... superannuation, investment, payments, and capital market entities. ASIC, APRA, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), and Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will all be part of the grid. The Customer ...
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