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The corporate regulator has released a consultation on proposed amendments to market integrity rules, which will close on 6 August....

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The corporate regulator has disqualified self-managed super fund auditor Gordon Shrubsole for breaching independence and auditing standards....

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The insurer has dodged questions over the dismal of former CEO Pat Regan, who was let go last year after an investigation into workplace communications....

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The legislation to set up the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority has passed to assist the corporate watchdog’s new chair to ensure the Australian Securities and Inv...

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The corporate regulator says implementation of the compensation scheme of last resort has been delayed due to budgetary reasons....

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The corporate watchdog is looking at its enforcement settings as priorities have changed but being an active litigant when needed is still on the table. ...

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Foreign financial services providers will continue to have relief from holding an Australian financial service licence as the deadline has been extended to 31 March, 2023...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has told Parliament it would “likely be difficult” for it to move to a faults-based framework as proposed in the late...

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The corporate regulator and the Reserve Bank will have more power to intervene to manage a crisis and preemptively identify and manage risks in financial market infrastru...

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EC Audit and its director, Robert Evett, will be the first ever in Australia to face criminal charges for failure to comply with auditing standards....

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AUSTRAC has informed the big four bank that it has identified “serious concerns” with NAB’s compliance of its Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing progra...

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The prudential regulator is unlikely to make any findings on the political appropriateness of advertising from super funds but may recommend a follow-up inquiry....

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