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Regulatory

ASIC moves to make licensees FASEA compliant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
ASIC has opened consultation on a regulatory update that would see FASEA's minimum education requirements imposed on the responsible manager of a licensee.

APRA beefs up cybersecurity standards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
The resilience of APRA-regulated entities to cyberattacks is set to increase, after the release of the regulator's new information security standard.

Macquarie to front Royal Commission

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
Macquarie Group will front the financial services Royal Commission for the first time when the inquiry reconvenes for its final round of public hearings.

Melbourne AFSL pays $9 million in fines

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
A Melbourne company has copped about $9 million in penalties after ASIC found it offered personal loans with the proviso customers implement financial advice from the firm.

Frydenberg boosts APRA funding

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
The Federal Government has moved to strengthen supervision of the financial services industry, boosting APRA's funding and reappointing chair Wayne Byres for five years.

One-stop complaints shop opens

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
Australia's newly-established financial services dispute resolution system expects to play an important role in the wake of the Royal Commission into the sector's misconduct.

More SMSF auditors disqualified

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
On top of reporting statistics about its SMSF auditor action this week, ASIC has disqualified a further two auditors.

An insight into AFCA workload

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
The latest quarterly statistics from the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal give a small insight into the workload that will face the Australian Financial Complaints Authority come Thursday.

What the RC can teach us about trust: Deloitte

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
One of the big four accounting and professional services firms is seizing the financial services Royal Commission as an opportunity to better understand how trust works in Australian banks.

ASIC keeps watch on SMSF auditors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
Updating its position on self-managed superannuation fund auditors, ASIC said more than 120 have come under the regulator's watch in the past five years.