Regulation

Treasury has released draft legislation for public consultation to remove restrictions on the word ‘bank’ to allow for “a more...

The corporate regulator’s new guidance on sell-side research would create a compliance “army” as well as making analysts personally liable for...

The government has released the details of its proposed Banking Executive Accountability Regime, first announced in May’s federal budget.

The practice of white-labelling trading platforms is creating significant “operational vulnerabilities” for the securities and derivatives sector, a new AUSTRAC...

The government’s proposed Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) will not have the requisite structure or power to prevent financial scandals,...

ASIC is seeking industry feedback on its plans to impose new reporting rules on AFSLs that hold “derivative retail client money”...

The new tax exemption for retirement income stream products, effective from 1 July 2017, will be administered via a “cross-agency” process...

Robo-advice has a “bright and profitable” future, according to the CFA Institute, but the sector is unlikely to become profitable...

Investment fees are at the top of the agenda for Australian regulators, but new research out of the UK suggests clients’ attention...

An ASIC probe of NAB-aligned financial advice dealer groups has found failures of disclosure of relationships between advisers, licensees and product issuers...