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Superannuation funds are being subjected to more scrutiny from the corporate regulator over how they deliver insurance inside super to members at the same time as the reg...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has clarified that the regulator only paid for tax advice to its stood-aside chairman, James Shipton, but can’t say w...

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It addresses 20 recommendations that came from the Royal Commission, including anti-hawking provisions and strengthening the enforcement of breaches of financial services...

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All 10 recommendations from the interim report released in February have been reaffirmed by the final report on the regulation of auditing in Australia....

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A new legislative instrument registered by the Tax Practitioners Board will allow BAS agents to provide an expanded range of services in relation to the superannuation gu...

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In the first criminal prosecution for offending of this kind, Mark Kawecki has been convicted and fined $30,000 for dishonest conduct relating to artificially satisfying ...

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The Queensland property developer has been found guilty of six counts of self-managed super fund fraud totalling $345,000, having initially arrested back in 2017....

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The four Australian Securities and Investments Commission commissioners were left in the dark on the expenses issues surrounding the regulator’s chairman, James Shipton, ...

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The executive of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has found itself under continuing pressure in front of Senate Estimates with suggestions its leaders...

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A tick-a-box approach to the new design and distribution obligations will not do and financial services will need to get the new regime right from day one, according to t...

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Matthew Beresford has been charged and arrested, and the funds and websites of Maxwell Financial Services and Asset Capital Holdings have been frozen....

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The corporate watchdog’s deputy chair has tendered his resignation to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg with immediate effect....

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