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Regulatory

ACCC amends consumer data right rules

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) amended the consumer data right rules to allow intermediaries to collect data on behalf of third party recipients.

BABL named, shamed over Great Southern

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited (BABL) has been singled out as breaching the Code of Banking Practice within its Great Southern Loans business unit.

Manipulative trading at J.P. Morgan costs it over $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
J.P. Morgan will be forced to cough up more than $1.3 billion (US$920 million) after entering into an agreement with the US Department of Justice, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Responsible lending laws to be revoked

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
The government has announced a raft of reforms to reduce barriers to Australia's credit framework as a means to boost the economy.

ASIC, IOSCO report on debt capital raisings

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
The corporate watchdog has released a report into its findings on debt capital raisings following two years of surveillance of market practices.

J.P. Morgan set to cough up US$1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co is set to cough up close to $1.4 billion (US$1 billion) to shut down regulatory and government agency probes into market manipulation allegations on its precious metals and treasuries trading desk.

Microcap manipulators caught out

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
A ring of microcap share manipulators have had their assets frozen by the Securities and Exchange Commission after procuring US$9 million in illegal profits by defrauding retail investors.

Westpac reaches $1.3bn AUSTRAC deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
Westpac has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.3 billion in relation to its contraventions of the anti-money laundering and counter terrorism laws.

Index manager, friend charged for insider trading

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
A senior index manager and his friend were charged for insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission for reaping over US$900,000 in illegal profits off trades made with prior knowledge of stocks that would be added to or deleted from an index.

ASIC provides relief to Victorian advisers

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
The corporate watchdog has shifted to a no-action position on fee disclosure statements and renewal notice obligations for financial advice businesses in Victoria.