Regulation

ASIC has released its corporate plan for 2017-18, announcing new surveillance projects targeting the distribution of hybrid securities and over-the-counter products.

Treasurer Scott Morrison has defended the proposed Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) in front of an audience of financial services...

Would-be financial advisers have finally been provided with some clarity, with the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority outlining the...

Sydney stockbroker MJ Wren & Co has had its financial services licence suspended after ASIC found it failed to comply...

ASIC has updated its regulatory guidance for fund managers ahead of the new Asia Region Funds Passport initiative and the...

With the recent sale of CommInsure to AIA, Australia’s life insurance industry is now majority foreign-owned — a development that could...

Peer-to-peer lender RateSetter says ASIC should be commended for its pursuit of the banks over alleged manipulation of the bank...

ANZ has reached an in-principle agreement with ASIC to settle court action relating to alleged manipulation of the Australian bank...

A federal senator has questioned the integrity of the Commonwealth Bank’s chair, CEO and board of directors, accusing them of “manifest failure”...

Australia must reform regulations that have a “disproportionate impact” on smaller banks and limit competition, says Tasmania-based banking and wealth...