Financial firms yet to join Australian Financial Complaints Authority must act immediately

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More than 35,000 financial firms required to join the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) have now joined the scheme. There are more than 300 licensed financial firms who are still

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APRA and ASIC empower consumers with new reporting standard on life insurance claims

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Consumers will soon have access to high-quality, comparable data on life insurance claims and disputes after the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) issued a new reporting standard to the industry.

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ASIC updates guidance as crowd-sourced funding regime extends to proprietary companies

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ASIC has released updated regulatory guides to coincide with the extension of the crowd-sourced funding (CSF) framework to eligible proprietary companies. This starts on 19 October 2018. ASIC has amended

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ASIC announces review of school banking

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As the lead Australian Government agency for financial capability, ASIC has announced that it will commence a review of school banking programs in primary schools. Across the country young people

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ASIC action on compliance breaches with fees disclosure and renewal notices

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ASIC has announced a review of compliance with requirements for Fee Disclosure Statements and Renewal Notices in the financial advice sector. ASIC has received a number of breach reports from

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Financial adviser professional standards reforms – ASIC releases new instrument delaying reporting dates and making minor amendments

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ASIC has released a new legislative instrument relating to the professional standards reforms for financial advisers, as announced on 1 August 2018 (refer: 18-225MR). The instrument makes changes to the reporting

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CFTC and ASIC sign fintech cooperation arrangement

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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today signed an arrangement to cooperate and support innovation through each other’s financial technology (fintech)

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ASIC continues small business focus for 2018-19

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ASIC has released its Corporate Plan for 2018-19 to 2021-22 and small business continues to be an important stakeholder for ASIC, reflected in the plan’s action items for 2018-19. ASIC Commissioner John

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ASIC releases guidance on code of ethics compliance schemes for financial advisers

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ASIC has released guidance on its proposed approach to approving and overseeing compliance schemes for financial advisers (RG 269). The financial advice professional standards reforms include obligations for financial advisers

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ASIC extends employee redundancy funds legislative instrument

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ASIC has made a new legislative instrument which continues the effect of longstanding ASIC relief set out in ASIC Corporations (Employee redundancy funds relief) Instrument 2015/1150 until 1 October 2021. An employee

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