REGULATION

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Lowering regulation costs and an improved regulatory framework for limited licences is among the items on the Association’s regulatory wish list....

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Policy & Regulation

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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Policy & Regulation

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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Policy & Regulation

Avoiding emotive language and releasing short reports outside of normal trading hours are among recommendations from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

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Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator has asked the industry to better help the regulators better regulate the industry....

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Financial planning

The regulator has increased Macquarie Bank’s liquidity and operational risk capital requirements after the firm had “persistent difficulties” in meeting its obligations....

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Financial planning

There are gaps in Australia’s regulation of the domestic digital assets market which will require oversight amid a renewed surge of demand for Bitcoin and other cryptocur...

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Financial planning

What would financial advice look like if it was unconstrained by the existing regulatory regime? The industry funds want to find out....

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Editorial

If financial advice is to be made more affordable, the layer upon layer of financial planning regulation needs to be stripped back and the Australian Securities and Inves...

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Funds management

Antipodes is questioning the future growth of technology firms Alibaba and Facebook as both firms come under regulatory scrutiny. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has acted to initiate the scheduled review of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority but its terms of reference will not specifically touch ...

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Policy & Regulation

On the eve of a major superannuation conference, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reminded superannuation fund trustees the degree to which they w...

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Financial planning

The current regulatory regime around financial planning is driving up costs by prioritising compliance and the needs of licensees over those of consumers, according to th...

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Financial planning

Changes in legislation and regulation have been named as the one of the top business risks in Australia although the COVID-19 pandemic still remains people’s biggest worr...

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Financial planning

Regulatory consistency represents one of the keys to financial advisers being able to deliver affordable advice according to key submissions filed with the Australian Sec...

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