BFCSA: PwC fears payments issue will go global. Australia’s burgeoning...
PwC fears payments issue will go global Australian Financial Review Mar 22, 2019 — 11.00pm Edmund Tadros EXCLUSIVE Fears that PwC Australia’s burgeoning conflict-of-interest controversy over...
View ArticleBFCSA: ASIC chalks up hefty legal bill for commission but NOT against BANKS Huh?
ASIC chalks up hefty legal bill for commission The Australian 12:00am March 25, 2019 Richard Gluyas EXCLUSIVE The conduct regulator tallied up an eight-figure legal bill in the financial services...
View ArticleBFCSA: Coalition dumps Hayne royal commission recommendations. Bankers use...
Alarm as Coalition dumps Hayne royal commission recommendations The Australian 12:00am March 25, 2019 Ben Butler, Michael Roddan Consumer groups have warned that the prospect of lasting reform of the...
View ArticleBFCSA: KKR, Oaktree drop overseas loans. Venture stops lending after only 12...
KKR, Oaktree drop overseas loans The Australian 12:00am March 25, 2019 Joyce Moullakis Global private equity heavyweights KKR and Oaktree Capital have pulled the pin on a venture providing...
View ArticleBFCSA: Bank Chairman says Trader salaries are 'outlandish.' Most of it just...
Trader salaries are 'rather outlandish' Australian Financial Review Mar 22, 2019 12.28pm John Kehoe Former Westpac chairman Ted Evans has broken his silence on the banking royal commission, admitting...
View ArticleBFCSA: NAB axes controversial home loan referral program
NAB axes controversial home loan referral program Sydney Morning Herald March 25, 2019 6.14pm Clancy Yeates Real estate agents, lawyers and sports clubs will no longer be able to receive payments...
View ArticleBFCSA: Regulator to rethink credit risk oversight
Regulator to rethink credit risk oversight The Australian 12:00am March 26, 2019 Richard Gluyas The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has proposed the first overhaul of its approach to...
View ArticleBFCSA: One Nation’s James Ashby filmed lobbying for NRA donations
One Nation’s James Ashby filmed lobbying for NRA donations The Australian 7:24 Am March 26, 2019 Richard Ferguson Pauline Hanson’s right-hand men have been filmed trying to obtain up to $20m in...
View ArticleBFCSA: Super fund linked to weapons sales
Super fund linked to weapons sales The Australian 12:00am March 26, 2019 Michael Roddan EXCLUSIVE A major fund manager owned by the union and employer-backed industry superannuation fund sector is...
View ArticleBFCSA: Super admin fees may rise 40pc
Super admin fees may rise 40pc The Australian 12:00am March 26, 2019 Michael Roddan EXCLUSIVE Savers in union-and-employer-backed industry superannuation funds could be hit with administration...
View ArticleBFCSA: Labor will deliver Australia's first new living wage
Labor will deliver Australia's first new living wage Australian Financial Review Mar 26, 2019 12.01am Phillip Coorey Labor will deliver the first living wage as soon as July 1 next year, and the full...
View ArticleBFCSA: Conflicts of Interest”R”Us: KPMG pursues PwC back into insolvency...
Conflicts of Interest”R”Us: KPMG pursues PwC back into insolvency michaelwest.com.auMar 26, 2019 Michael West, Jeffrey Knapp The Big Four, the relentless architects of global tax avoidance, have...
View ArticleBFCSA: APRA to dictate banker pay - Good Luck with that!
APRA to dictate banker pay Australian Financial Review Mar 27, 2019 4.43pm Jonathan Shapiro, James Fernyhough, John Kehoe Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority chairman Wayne Byres has been...
View ArticleBFCSA: APRA Propaganda - APRA to turn the screws on super
APRA to turn the screws on super Australian Financial Review Mar 27, 2019 4.26pm Joanna Mather A review of the sole purpose test - the centrepiece of superannuation law – is set to examine...
View ArticleBFCSA: ASIC Propaganda - The "WillBees" ASIC gets tough on 'regtech'
ASIC gets tough on 'regtech' Australian Financial Review Mar 27, 2019 3.47pm James Eyers Banks will have to explain why they aren't using the latest technology to improve their compliance, as the...
View ArticleBFCSA: ASIC has products with 'ridiculous' leverage in its sights
ASIC has products with 'ridiculous' leverage in its sights Australian Financial Review Mar 27, 2019 5.15pm Sarah Turner The corporate regulator says it will ramp up its crackdown on providers of...
View ArticleBFCSA: ASIC responsible lending crimps credit: ANZ and NAB
ASIC responsible lending crimps credit: ANZ and NAB Australian Financial Review Mar 27, 2019 2.16pm John Kehoe ANZ Banking Group and National Australia Bank are at loggerheads with corporate cop...
View ArticleBFCSA: Australian Banks and Bankers are too addicted to property
Australian Banks and Bankers are too addicted to property Australian Financial Review Mar 27, 2019 3.54pm James Frost Australian bankers have all but lost the skills to be able to lend money to the...
View ArticleBFCSA: Unit glut turns to drought as apartment projects ditched by developers
Unit glut turns to drought as apartment projects ditched by developers The Australian 12:23pm March 27, 2019 Mackenzie Scott The apartment glut may quickly dry up as the number of deferred and...
View ArticleBFCSA: Property parasites swarm policymakers. SQM needed debunking!
Property parasites swarm policymakers MacroBusiness 12:14 am on March 27, 2019 Leith van Onselen SQM Research’s flawed and debunked analysis of Labor’s negative gearing policy looks to have united...
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