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20 March 2020 • By Sarah Simpkins • 1 min read

Regulator freezes Queensland investment firm’s license 

ASIC has suspended the AFS license of a Queensland financial services provider for three months. Longhou Capital Markets has copped the suspension ...

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Investors need climate policies: Government body

A new report from a government agency has called attention to the role of investors in climate action, proposing standardised climate risk disclosure, ...

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RBA announces joint agreement with Fed

The latest move by the central banks will help to “lessen strains in global US dollar funding markets”.  The RBA and the Fed will establish a ...

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Regulator urges banks to lend out capital

The prudential watchdog has advised the banks now is the time to use some of their capital buffers to keep up ongoing lending to the economy

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‘Building a bridge to recovery’

The RBA has taken the historical step of launching Australia’s first quantitative easing program as the country goes through “extraordinary and ...

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RBA takes unprecedented action

The RBA has unleashed extreme measures to combat the looming impacts of the coronavirus. In an emergency meeting called weeks ahead of its usual ...

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Investment manager cops criminal charges

An investment manager has been hit with criminal charges related to handling client money. Societe Generale Securities Australia faced charges in ...

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Regulator takes major provider to court for MySuper misconduct

The corporate watchdog has commenced civil penalty proceedings against a major bank’s superannuation business over dealings with its MySuper accounts

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Rapid recovery ‘very unlikely’: RBA

The RBA foresaw that the economic impacts of the coronavirus were unlikely to be contained at its March meeting and is now gearing up for drastic ...

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Stock exchanges back trade restrictions

Securities exchanges have supported the corporate watchdog’s new trade limits for large equity market participants, as the coronavirus outbreak ...

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