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Regulatory

Hayne recommends new regulatory overseer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
The Royal Commission final report recommends the roles of ASIC and APRA be adjusted when it comes to superannuation oversight. A new independent body will also oversee the regulators.

Royal Commission principles not simply an add-on

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
A set of ideas or principles aligned to community standards resulting from the financial services Royal Commission must not be solely grafted as optional extras for better business profits.

Commonwealth FP fails to meet EU obligations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Hours before the final report from the Royal Commission goes public, Commonwealth Financial Planning has been ordered by ASIC to stop charging ongoing service fees. It is also barred from entering any new ongoing service arrangements with customers.

Global Financial Innovation Network launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
ASIC is helping launch the Global Financial Innovation Network, a group of financial regulators that aim to promote financial innovation across borders.

ASIC terminates managed accounts provider AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
The financial licence of a managed accounts provider has been cancelled and one of its directors banned by the corporate regulator.

Ponzi scheme fined $1.4bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
A Ponzi scheme that allegedly duped 8400 retail investors in the US has been ordered to pay US$1 billion in penalties and disgorgement.

New rules for UK retirement income products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
The UK's pension fund industry is set to be hit with strict new investing rules, with proposed regulation designed to increase consumer engagement.

ASIC bans former NAB, CBA advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
The corporate regulator permanently banned a former NAB financial adviser, while a former Commonwealth Bank and Synchron adviser was handed a five-year ban.

ASIC cracks down on non-compliant AFSL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
ASIC has slapped additional conditions on the AFSL of an advice practice operating on the New South Wales Central Coast.

ATO and TPB terminate tax agents

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
Two registered tax agents were terminated this week after a joint TPB and ATO investigation found the agents did not pass on 2017-18 tax refunds to clients.