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Royal Commission: Round 4 - experiences with financial service entities in regional and remote communities
In the Interim Report the Commissioner identifies four principal issues relating to agricultural lending ...
Royal Commission: Round 2 - experiences with financial advice
Although the Commissioner says that the Royal Commission is part of the executive and not the judiciary and that he is therefore not able to make any findings of law he comes pretty close in his views in response to Round 2 And in some important respects those views do not correspond with ...
Royal Commission: Round 1 - experiences with consumer lending practices
In examining the topic of consumer lending the Commission considered issues arising from the sale of credit products ndash including residential mortgages car finance and credit cards - by reference to case studies involving the four major banks as well as Aussie Home Loans and Citi ...
Accelerating build-to-rent in Australia
The build-to-rent (BTR) model continues to gain pace in Australia as several projects prove the local viability of this asset class. ...
Treasury proposes tougher penalties for corporate and financial sector misconduct
The Federal Government has released exposure draft legislation for public consultation that if enacted will implement many of the recommendations of the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce to strengthen the penalty regime for corporate and financial sector misconduct Partner Simun Soljo and Lawyer ...
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Global insights. Original perspectives. Critical analysis of the key issues and developments affecting your business. ...
Competition news
In Touch looks at what's been happening in Competition this month and what it means for your business ...
Close and continuous monitoring - the new ASIC approach of embedding its officers in banks
ASIC has recently announced a new supervisory approach that involves embedding ASIC officers in the four major banks and AMP ...
Are CCIVS the beginning of the end for the Unit Trust's monopoly?
The Federal Government has proposed to introduce two new forms of collective investment vehicle – each a shiny, tax-neutral alternative to the unit trust. ...
The ESC's draft decision on first round of amendments to the Energy Retail Code
While the Federal Government gives further consideration to implementation of the ACCCs recommendations relating to retail tariffs and retailer behaviour the Victorian Essential Services Commission has been progressing reforms proposed by the Independent Review into the Electricity and Gas Retail ...