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Regulatory

ASIC cancels stockbroker AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
The corporate regulator has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Halifax Investment Services nearly two years after it was placed into administration.

Australian banks among most fined

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
Australian banks have taken the inauspicious title of second most fined in the world for 2020, according to new data.

Deutsche Bank fined for alleged bribery

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined the bank for falsifying payment documentation in relation to third-party intermediaries.

ASIC slams auditors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
The corporate regulator has lambasted the major auditors for sloppy work, and poor governance and accountability practices.

Foreign investors face tip offs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
The government has released a new compliance campaign to crack down on foreign investors purchasing residential property and ensuring they are abiding by the guidelines.

ASIC to review impact of ASX outage

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
In 2021, ASIC will review how market participants adapted to the ASX's outage in November, and if they and the ASX violated their market operating licences.

Charles Schwab fails consumers, cops fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
Charles Schwab UK has been fined $15.6 million for failing to protect consumers and lying to the regulator.

Jail time for tax adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
The Federal Court has sentenced a tax adviser to seven and a half months in prison and fined him $640,000.

APRA Connect to go live in 2021

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
APRA has recommenced work on its data-collection project, which will go live in September 2021.

ASIC takes action against La Trobe Financial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
ASIC has commenced proceedings, seeking a civil penalty against La Trobe Financial, but the latter plans to fight the claims.