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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) published on Thursday its four-year corporate plan for 2021 to 2025, outlining its priorities on the distribution of
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has become the latest financial market regulator to ring the warning bell against the unlicensed cryptocurrency venues. According to
The new laws include design and distribution obligations, restrictions on the unsolicited selling of financial products (hawking), a deferred sales model for add-on insurance
Businesses forced to close due to the Sydney lockdown will be eligible for weekly payments.(ABC News: James Carmody NSW’s COVID-19 lockdown will go for at
ASIC has published its draft Cost Recovery Implementation Statement for the 2020-21 financial year, with expectations of what each finance sector will be charged
Global penalties for AML regulation non-compliance are increasing year after year. Overall, the number of fines in 2020 was $10.4 billion. Major banks like
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) wrote a letter to the country’s Senate last week pointing out several risks in holding digital assets and calls for
The Federal Government’s COVID Disaster Payment has once again gone through another change – this time bumping up the weekly payment by as much as
Lodging a tax return too early without all the right information can result in refunds being delayed. As the new financial year sees more than
ASIC has today released Consultation Paper 345 Litigation funding schemes: Guidance and relief (CP 345) to seek feedback on proposed guidance and relief for litigation
$1 billion a week: NSW lockdown extension threatens to push small retailers into insolvency An extension of the lockdown for Greater Sydney and surrounds
From 1 July 2021, providers of debt management services (including firms offering ‘debt negotiation’ or ‘credit repair’ services) are regulated under the National Consumer Credit