Top of the list of FINSIA updates is the launch of our Professional Refreshers Package, which heralds a back-to-the-future return to the securities and investments space.
Elsewhere in this edition, ASIC’s warning of stronger enforcement action over the coming months comes as the corporate regulator reveals over $109 million in civil penalties for the year up to June 30 and AFCA discloses it has record 97,000 complaints from the last financial year, resulting in $254 million in compensation.
ASIC
ASIC warns of further action against market misconduct
Alert: Money recovery scam using fake documents to impersonate ASIC
APRA
APRA finalises requirements for remuneration disclosure
Review of data collections roadmap
APRA releases Monthly Authorised Deposit-taking Institution Statistics for June 2023
ABS
Employee households see biggest rise in living costs
AFCA
Record 97,000 complaints taken to AFCA in 2022-23
Consultation opens on AFCA's new Responsible Lending Approach
ATO
Energy and Resources Working Group opening for tax professionals
ACCC
$20m penalty for Meta companies for conduct liable to mislead consumers about use of their data
RBA
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
Graphs on the Australian Economy and Financial Markets
TAX PRACTITIONERS BOARD
Don’t get fooled by a counterfeit tax agent
NEW ZEALAND
RBNZ
First stage of consultation on Deposit Takers Act implementation launches
FMA
Financial Market Infrastructures Standards issued
STATS NZ
Unemployment rate at 3.6 percent