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APRA has finalised updates on the Prudential Standard APS 222 to reduce contagion risk within banking groups....

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The proposed new single disciplinary system for financial advisers requires further discussion, according to the Financial Services Council....

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The ABA has welcomed the Government’s timetable for legislative change, with eight of the 76 Royal Commission recommendations targeted at the banking industry....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has used AMP and its lawyers, Clayton Utz, as examples of successful enforcement action by the regulator....

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ASIC has banned Sydney adviser Tarandeep Aujla from providing financial services for three years for failing to act in his clients’ best interest....

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Double-counting may have led to the Australian Taxation Office wrongly pursuing superannuation fund members over excess transfer balance caps....

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Allianz Australia has been hit by a $250 million additional capital requirement by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority....

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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed that a number of superannuation funds are facing the possibility of legal action as early as next month on th...

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The number of complaints received about individual firms should be available to financial services customers, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trus...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reinforced that its responsible lending action against Westpac was a test case....

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Unscrupulous employers who use their employees’ salary sacrifice superannuation contribution to reduce their superannuation guarantee obligations should be stopped, accor...

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Millinium Capital Managers has made a claim worth $2.4 million against a former adviser of the Millinium Alternative Fund for misconduct. ...

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