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Conduct, Culture & Accountability
FMA Consults on New Reporting Rules Under CoFI Regime
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/09/2024
The regulatory returns ask firms to provide details on their business structure and the fair conduct programmes they must maintain under CoFI.
AI Risk & Governance
New Zealand FMA Joins Global Financial Innovation Network
By Editors | 17/09/2024
The FMA said GFIN will provide it greater opportunities to collaborate with other regulators and work on topics such as AI and tokenisation.
PEPs & Sanctions
Australia Sanctions Five Iranians Over “Violent Repression” of Protests
By Editors | 16/09/2024
The sanctions mark the second anniversary of the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, who was arrested for “improperly” wearing her hijab and died in custody.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
Australia Proposes Bill to Establish Scams Prevention Framework
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 16/09/2024
The framework creates obligations for banks, telcos and tech giants to prevent, detect, report, disrupt, and respond to scams.
Reporting & Disclosures
New Zealand FMA Calls For Better Ethical Investing Disclosures
By Thisanka Siripala | 13/09/2024
The FMA says it may pursue regulatory action for misleading or deceptive conduct, advertising or disclosures regarding ethical investments.
Data Privacy
Australia Introduces First Tranche of Privacy Reforms to Parliament
By Manesh Samtani | 12/09/2024
The proposed reforms will strengthen the OAIC’s enforcement toolkit and provide the Courts new functions and capabilities to address privacy breaches.
Supervision & Enforcement
ASIC Report Highlights Hardship Misconduct as Key Focus
By Thisanka Siripala | 12/09/2024
ASIC said it is actively conducting investigations into suspected breaches by lenders of their financial hardship obligations.
Reporting & Disclosures
Australian Parliament Passes Climate Disclosures Legislation
By Manesh Samtani | 11/09/2024
Climate-related disclosures will be mandatory for all public companies and large proprietary companies starting in January 2025.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
ASIC Directs Product Issuers to Improve DDO Compliance
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/09/2024
ASIC’s Alan Kirkland called on issuers to ensure that their product design and distribution practices are “up to scratch”.
Structural Regulation
ACCC Updates Guidelines on Interim Authorisation
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/09/2024
The updated guidelines seek to clarify expectations around how the ACCC makes decisions on granting interim authorisation.
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