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Regulatory

ASIC charges BitConnect Australia lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
The former BitConnect Australian national promoter has been charged by ASIC for operating an unregistered investment scheme and making false statements.

Former adviser pleads guilty to stealing client funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
A former financial adviser has pleaded guilty to misappropriating $2.9 million of client funds by transferring the money to his own accounts for personal use.

ASIC sounds the alarm on buy-now-pay-later

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
One in five users of buy-now-pay-later services are missing payments, as the industry almost doubles its lending, according to ASIC's latest review of the sector.

Former Financial Circle director charged

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
Former Financial Circle director Joshua Fuoco has been charged with managing a corporation whilst disqualified.

APRA eases hard caps in revamped executive pay

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
A new draft of APRA's remuneration guidelines has scrapped its original plan to cap financial measures' contribution to executives' variable remuneration at 50%.

Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
An inquiry into the quality of audits has fallen short of recommending the breakup of the largest four vertically integrated accounting firms in a bid to combat conflicts of interest.

Fake tax agent penalised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
The Federal Court of Australia has fined a woman $40,000 for providing illegitimate tax agent services for four years.

Financial services complaints rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
Complaints made about financial services have almost doubled since last year, according to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA).

Three advisers banned for non-financial crimes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned three people from working in financial services due to sex offences they had committed.

Former advisers face huge fines

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
A former Macquarie and Crestone financial adviser could be facing $1 million in fines, while the other has been fined $30,000 in a busy week for ASIC.