Powered by MOMENTUM MEDIA
lawyers weekly logo
Advertisement

News

regulation

28 February 2020 • By Lachlan Maddock • 1 min read

Morrison flags virus stimulus

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has suggested the government could launch a stimulus package for sectors impacted by the coronavirus as he unveiled ...

READ MORE
icon

ASIC accelerates major bank enforcement

The corporate regulator has buckled down on keeping the banks in line during the last four months, reporting a 52 per cent rise in enforcement actions ...

READ MORE
icon

Banks’ climate vulnerability assessment positive for investors: Moody’s

APRA’s climate change financial vulnerability assessments for the banks will boost the quality of disclosures and risk management, according to ...

READ MORE
icon

FSC warns accountability regime may burden super

The Financial Services Council has cautioned that if not executed well, the extension of the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) to ...

READ MORE
icon

Former investment analyst pleads guilty to Big Un insider trading

BREAKING A former investment analyst has pleaded guilty to insider trading and communicating inside information relating to the purchase and sale of ...

READ MORE
icon

APRA amplifies climate risk monitoring

The prudential regulator has ramped up its efforts around setting how financial institutions prepare for climate change, indicating it will be stress ...

READ MORE
icon

APRA to embed climate in stress tests

Major financial institutions will have to answer for how well prepared they are for climate change, as the prudential regulator reshapes its stress ...

READ MORE
icon

AFCA chair endorses finance law firm

Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) chair Helen Coonan has backed a new financial services law firm at its launch. Legal veterans ...

READ MORE
icon

Westpac pummeled by AUSTRAC, bushfires

Westpac will have to tighten the purse strings as the looming AUSTRAC penalty and natural disaster costs force the bank to downgrade earnings growth

READ MORE
icon

Australia a money laundering hotspot

Weaknesses in Australia’s money laundering laws have turned the country into a safe haven for “significant quantities of illicit funds”, according to ...

READ MORE