Regulation

Establishing global standards for distributed ledger technology is ‘critical’ for mitigating risks as well as facilitating communication across different industries,...

New ASIC chair James Shipton has promised to professionalise the finance industry, shifting the focus away from "numbers on a computer...

The government has announced plans to create a second deputy chair position at ASIC.

Australian Ethical has joined five industry funds to urge asset managers to adopt the CFA Institute's code of conduct.

Labor leader Bill Shorten has proposed abolishing refundable excess dividend imputation credits in a move that has galvanised the financial...

The boss of NAB has penned a letter of apology to the community, admitting to the “regrettable” and “unacceptable” conduct...

Government regulation alone can be insufficient in improving conduct by financial professionals and incentivising them to act in the spirit...

ASIC has welcomed the Productivity Commission's recommendation that the corporate regulator be granted a "broad, proactive competition mandate".

The Commonwealth Bank is facing a fresh slate of claims relating to alleged manipulation of the bank bill swap rate. 

The Commonwealth Bank has rejected 89 of the 100 additional charges filed by AUSTRAC relating to the bank's alleged breaches of the AML/CTF...