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The Customer Owned Banking Association is set to launch its #MoreThan4 campaign in Canberra, calling for a move away from a one-size-fits-all approach to banking regulati...

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The Royal Commission has acknowledged that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission wants more powers but has questioned whether it has ever used all the powe...

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In an effort to strengthen the regulator, the Turnbull Government has nominated Treasury veteran John Lonsdale to fill a newly created second deputy chair role at the Aus...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has disqualified a Queensland self-managed superannuation auditor. ...

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A New South Wales self-managed superannuation fund auditor has been disqualified for breaching independence requirements....

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The Full Federal Court has handed down its judgment in the appeal by Aussiegolfa Pty Ltd, finding there was no breach of the sole purpose test. ...

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Counsel assisting the Royal Commission has directly questioned why IOOF managing director, Christopher Kelaher was not appearing at today’s hearings rather than the compa...

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The investments regulator has permanently banned Vicky Bee Chin Lim, the sole director of a firm closely affiliated with Malaysia’s JJ Global Network Holdings, from provi...

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Five Australian banks have agreed to improve their compliance measures and controls for deposit accounts that can be operated by a third party, such as a financial advise...

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The Federal Court has made interim orders in proceedings brought by the investments regulator against Linchpin Capital Group and Endeavour Securities (Australia) Ltd....

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The $700 million AUSTRAC fine has acted as a genuine drag on the Commonwealth Bank’s profit, which was down four per cent to $9,375 million....

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The Federal Court has allowed ASIC’s application that Linchpin Capital and Endeavour Securities operated an unregistered managed investment scheme....

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