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Treasurer announces first female head of ASIC

Former corporate lawyer Sarah Court will succeed Joe Longo as chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

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A key measure used to calculate age pension payments is changing. How will this affect your benefits?

While discussion was focused on the federal government’s economic reform roundtable last week, a significant change that will mainly affect age pensioners flew under the radar.

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Embattled ASX set to face beefed-up competition, in bid to boost investment

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is set to boost the competition faced by the much-criticised ASX in an effort to clear roadblocks for investors and attract more foreign capital to Australia.

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Super fund took more than 500 days to approve death benefit for grieving widow, Asic says

Landmark report makes 34 recommendations to overhaul the superannuation sector, citing delays, poor customer service and ineffective procedures

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Active Super to pay $10.5 million for greenwashing

A super fund has been ordered to pay millions of dollars and cover the regulator's legal costs for misleading members about its green credentials.

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ASIC puts payday lenders on notice they may be breaching the law

Late last week, corporate watchdog the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) issued a warning to lenders that provide high-fee small-amount loans – known as payday lenders – that they may be breaching consumer-lending laws.

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Australia’s retirement savings are too big to invest at home – here’s why super funds are looking to the US

You might remember Pesto, the king penguin chick who became a star attraction at Melbourne Aquarium last year. Good food, good genes and a safe home let Pesto grow into a huge ball of brown fluff twice the size of his parents. Pesto became a local and international celebrity.

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Rex directors face grounding for silence over $35m hole

Four Rex directors failed to disclose the troubled airline's financial position after expressing optimism for future profits, the corporate regulator alleges.

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One ASIC more than enough, says corporate cop chief

Splitting the Australian Securities and Investments Commission doesn't have the backing of the chairman who says a funding boost is needed to catch more crooks.

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Regulator sues QBE over broken discounting promise

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched civil proceedings against QBE over its discounting claims from 2017 to 2022.

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Watchdog sues ASX Ltd for 'misleading' upgrade claims

Share market operator ASX made misleading statements when it said a platform upgrade was "on track" and "progressing well", the corporate regulator alleges.

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ANZ is embroiled in allegations it manipulated government bond sales – what exactly does that mean?

ANZ is being investigated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) amid serious allegations the bank manipulated markets when it facilitated a A$14 billion sale of government bonds in April last year.

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ASIC has comprehensively failed and its role should be split in two, according to long-awaited report

Australia’s corporate watchdog, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), should be broken up and replaced by new and more responsive regulatory agencies, a damning report has found.

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Melissa Caddick mystery shows we need more research of a rare kind – marine forensics

The disappearance of 49-year-old Melissa Caddick in November 2020 captured Australia’s attention. At the time, Caddick was being investigated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for alleged financial misconduct, with dozens of people defrauded for millions of dollars.

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Four charts that prove the huge financial pressure many Australian households are under

From people spending less to increasing inequality and money worries even among the affluent, data shows widespread pain

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Auditor failed to meet ethical standards obligation: watchdog

ASIC also accepted the undertaking from his accounting firm.

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ASX pays $1m fine over market transparency breaches

The Australian Securities Exchange has paid a $1.05 million penalty to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission over a system error.

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Former crypto director banned from leaving Australia after Blockchain Global collapsed owing $58m

Liang ‘Allan’ Guo has been deemed a flight risk and ordered to hand over any passports in his possession

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Youpla directors pursued by Asic over collapsed funeral fund that hurt Aboriginal families

Corporate regulator launches court action alleging former directors oversaw structure that left members vulnerable

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Former Continental Coal director sentenced over breach

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission says that Ashley Paul D'Sylva will be released immediately upon entering into a recognisance release order.

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