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14 July 2021 • By Sarah Kendell • 1 min read

Big four banks at risk over PNG AML scandal

An ASX-listed South-Pacific banking group has caught the ire of the regulator in its global headquarters of Papua New Guinea for alleged serious ...

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ASIC provides relief for litigation funders

The corporate regulator has released guidance around how funders of class actions will fit into the financial services licensing regime that it hopes ...

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FSC launches DDO 1.0

The industry body has made a range of templates available that have been taken up by hundreds of member and non-member firms in anticipation of the ...

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Court moves on company directors in Westpac case

The Federal Court has frozen the assets of a number of company directors tied up in a $200 million alleged fraud case against Westpac, in another blow ...

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Could the political tide be turning on inheritance tax?

It’s traditionally been a politically unpopular move, but new research has indicated the majority of Australians are in favour of reintroducing taxes ...

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Melbourne man charged with market manipulation

A Melbourne man has faced court charged with 23 counts of market manipulation and 19 charges of illegal dissemination of information. In a ...

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‘Substantial change has been achieved’: Report gives green light to bank practices

Four years on from an independent review that found the product-focused culture of Australia’s banks needed immediate reform, the report’s author has ...

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‘Real risk of harm’: ASIC lays down the law on crypto ETPs

The corporate regulator has warned that exchange-traded products using cryptocurrency as their underlying assets need to be “facilitated in a way that ...

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Hayne’s ‘norms of conduct’ could fall short

While the financial services industry may be moving to principles-based regulation following the royal commission, preliminary findings from the ...

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Corporate watchdog relaxes ETF rules

ETF issuers will now be able to use overseas market makers following an update to an ASIC class order around the investment products. In a ...

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