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Former Courtenay House director pleads guilty

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
Former Courtenay House Companies director Tony Iervasi has pleaded guilty to conducting a $180 million Ponzi scheme.

Former DASS clients flood AFCA with complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has received more than 1600 complaints from former clients of Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services, warning complainants to expect delays in dealing with their case.

ASIC probes super fund, investment manager greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
ASIC chair Joe Longo said the market regulator is currently investigating several listed companies, super funds, and managed funds for potential greenwashing.

APRA slaps extra conditions on Insignia trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
The prudential regulator has placed additional conditions on Insignia Financial's super trustees over governance and risk management issues, including delaying the transfer member benefits to other funds.

Financial adviser registration delayed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
The government has said it will delay the financial adviser registration requirement until 1 July 2023.

Another ban for Sirius Financial

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
ASIC has banned former responsible manager of over-the-counter derivatives provider Sirius Financial, Mark Bringans, for eight years.

ASIC welcomes second ASX market resilience consultation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
ASIC has welcomed the latest ASX industry consultation on improving market resilience, following the exchange's outage in November 2020.

APRA reinforces capital call expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
New APRA chair John Lonsdale wrote to banks and general and life insurers to remind them of the prudential requirements for additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital instruments.

Breach reporting improvements needed: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
Just 6% of licensees lodged a breach report in the first nine months of the reportable situations regime, with ASIC raising concerns that licensees still lack the systems and policies to identify and address issues.

Jones progresses green finance standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones has committed to working with the finance industry to establish national standards for a green taxonomy that will define sustainable finance in Australia.