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SEEK data has shown that the Royal Commission has led to a direct increase in compliance and risk roles being mandated by clients across all sub-segments of the financial...

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Life insurance companies are now under a legal obligation to provide consistent data on claims and disputes to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Aust...

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New research commissioned by building industry group, Master Builders Australia has pointed to significant economic damage resulting from the Federal Opposition’s policie...

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Plaintiff law firm, Slater and Gordon has secured a $28.5 million settlement out of its six-year class action against Australian Executor Trustees as the trustee for Prov...

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The Australian Baking Association has warned that new Design and Distribution laws may result in bank staff being mistaken for advisers....

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The Federal Treasurer has reinforced that he wants the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to take a tougher approach in pursuing litigation rather than nego...

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The Federal Government is moving to introduce legislation which will have the effect of doubling the criminal and civil penalties which can be imposed against both corpor...

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With ASIC having recently stopped a number of retail initial coin offerings and token generation events, The Fold Legal finds that tokens don’t always fit neatly into the...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled the likelihood that it will become significantly more litigious in the wake of the Royal Commission....

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Industry superannuation funds have questioned why product manufacturers such as investment managers have been “carved-out” of the Government’s new laws around design and ...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is arguing that giving it product sales training intervention powers may reduce the need for it to take extreme actio...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission said it will commence a review of school banking programs in primary schools....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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