ASIC welcomes industry funding consultation

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ASIC welcomes the Government’s continued support for the introduction of an ASIC industry funding model and the release yesterday of the Proposals paper issued by Treasury on the proposed model.

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Singaporean and Australian regulators sign agreement to support innovative businesses

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and ASIC have signed an Innovation Functions Co-operation Agreement which aims to help innovative businesses in Singapore and Australia in their foray to the respective

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ASIC welcomes consultation on industry funding

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ASIC welcomes the release of the Government’s consultation paper on a proposed industry funding model for the organisation. A model that provides more transparency and certainty around ASIC’s funding is

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ASIC increasing use of behavioural economics across its regulatory business

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ASIC yesterday released two reports of behavioural economics (BE) research experiments conducted as part of its push to better understand market and consumer behaviour. The behavioural experiments conducted by the Queensland

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ASIC explained: What does it do and why should Australians care?

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Greg Medcraft, Chairman, Australian Securities and Investments Commission gave a speech yesterday to the National Press Club of Australia, in Canberra. He discussed three main topics: ASIC’s role and why

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Financial literacy in schools: teach the children well

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Financial planner, Christine Hornery, CFP, director of FMS Group and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) 2012 Female Excellence in Advice Award winner, has welcomed comments made by Australian Securities and

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Speech to FSC Annaul conference: The future of financial regulation

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The following is a speech by Greg Medcraft, Chairman, Australian Securities and Investments Commission delivered at the Financial Services Council (FSC) Annual Conference, 31 July 2013: “Thank you Martin (Codina) for the kind

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Regulators cast their gaze to the future at Financial Services Council Annual Conference 2013

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Following a period of significant change and enormous workload for APRA and ASIC with the introduction and implementation of the Stronger Super and FoFA reforms, at the upcoming FSC Annual

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ASIC taskforce to review regulation of unlisted debentures

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ASIC Chairman, Greg Medcraft has announced an internal taskforce to look at the failure of Victorian debenture issuer Banksia Securities Limited and regulation of the wider Australian unlisted debenture sector.

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Global win for CFP® certification

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Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), owner of the international CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® certification program, announced that it has been approved as an affiliate member of the International Organisation of Securities

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