Australia & NZ
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Australia’s Top Regulators Put Banking Culture and Incentives in the Firing Line
Editors, Regulation Asia June 1, 2015APRA chairman said banks must lift their efforts to ensure remuneration plans encourage ethical behaviour.
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Steps to Cool Property Market Having Positive but Modest Effect, reports RBA
Editors, Regulation Asia June 1, 2015The Reserve Bank of Australia has reported that its measures to cool investment lending in housing seem to be working.
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ASIC Issues Derivative Transaction Rules for Central Clearing of OTC Trade
Editors, Regulation Asia May 30, 2015The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is seeking industry views on new derivative transaction rules to govern the mandatory central clearing of over-the-counter trade from April next year.
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Investment Banks Need Corporate Culture Shift, says ASIC
Editors, Regulation Asia May 28, 2015ASIC has issued reports to the boards of several investment banks on potential deficiencies in their corporate culture.
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Australia’s RBA to Monitor Underground Home Loans
Editors, Regulation Asia May 28, 2015The Reserve Bank said the use of lending controls on banks can only be pushed so far, warning that it could also drive buyers elsewhere for their loans.
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Australian Home Loans Tighten as Regulator Issues Warning
Editors, Regulation Asia May 19, 2015Australian banks’ lending for investment properties has tightened after regulators cautioned against aggressively funding the sector.
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APRA Cautions Banks Against Increased Home Lending
Editors, Regulation Asia May 14, 2015The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) chairman Wayne Byres warns that authorities will step up scrutiny and monitoring of banks that will continue to lend aggressively to the housing sector.
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ASIC Calls for Tougher Penalties Against White-Collar Crimes
Editors, Regulation Asia May 13, 2015Australia's chief securities regulator wants to introduce tougher criminal penalties for financial crimes so market participants are forced into following the law.
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RBA Paper Cautions on Bank Lending Standards
Editors, Regulation Asia May 12, 2015Regulators should pay close attention to banks’ lending standards and risk profile of borrowers to avert massive credit losses in banks in times of economic shocks, a Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) paper revealed.
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ASIC Repeals Certain Market Integrity Rules
Editors, Regulation Asia May 5, 2015Australian Investments & Securities Commission has refined its market integrity rules by removing certain unnecessary compliance requirements on market participants.
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