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Regulatory

Regulators should face consequences for non-compliance: FSC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
The Financial Services Council is calling for ASIC and APRA to face consequences for failing to cooperate with one another.

AMP urged to mediate with advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Kate Carnell, has urged AMP to formally commit to mediation as it moves to exit up to 250 financial planning businesses.

ASIC bans former Godfrey Pembroke adviser

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
A financial adviser who recommended his clients invest in a start-up company which crumbled a year later has been banned from the financial services industry for six years.

FPA calls for axe to fall on stamping fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
The peak body for financial planners has moved to reiterate its stance against non-client directed fees in financial advice, as consultation opens into the government's review of stamping fees.

UK regulator fined for pension failure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
The UK's financial conduct regulator has been hit with a fine for failing to comply with requirements to include sufficient information in a chair's statement to members of its staff pension plan.

Ponzi scheme rakes in almost $1.5bn

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
A California-based couple has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme worth just under $1.5 billion (USD$1billion).

Government opens BEAR extension consultation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
More than a year after it was recommended by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne, the government has taken steps to extend the Banking Executive Accountability regime to include super funds and other APRA-regulated entities.

Millions up in smoke in cannabis scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
Investors promised great returns through a marijuana company have lost it all, as it's alleged the owner - a US film producer - spent the money on a yacht and several luxury cars.

Fraudster dyed hair, grew beard to evade regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
A man who was jailed over a hedge fund collapse dyed his hair and grew a beard in an attempt to go unrecognised as he launched a new bitcoin scheme.

Regulation costly, time consuming: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
The CSIRO has recommended a more lenient approach to regulation in the corporate world in a submission to the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology.