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CFPB fines credit reporting agency for deceiving consumers
March 24th, 2017
CFPB Fines Experian $3 Million for Deceiving Consumers in Marketing Credit Scores Credit Reporting Company Misstated How Credit Scores It Sold Were Used The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against Experian and its subsidiaries for deceiving consumers ...
ASIC released a consultation paper about ASIC Class Order Reporting requirements
February 17th, 2017
ASIC today released a consultation paper proposing to remake ASIC Class Order Reporting requirements under s989B. This is due to expire (‘sunset’) on 1 October 2017. This instrument grants relief to Australian financial services licensees who are ...
ESMA issues breifing on tranaction reporting requirements under MIFID II
January 17th, 2017
Toward the end of 2016, ESMA published guidelines for transaction reporting under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation(MiFIR). Additionally, ESMA released technical requirements and templates further detailing the relevant reporting requirements under MIFID II and ...
Australian Financial Services licence suspended for failing to lodge financial statements
November 29th, 2016
ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence of Sydney-based Group Underwriters & Managers Pty Ltd (GUM) for three months for failing to lodge financial statements, auditor reports and auditor opinions for a period of three years. This ...
ESMA finalises Advice on Future Rules for Financial Benchmarks
November 10th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has finalised its technical advice to the European Commission on important aspects of future rules for benchmarks. In particular, ESMA provides advice on: how benchmarks’ reference values can be calculated by using ...
ASIC suspends AFS licence for failing to lodge financial statements
November 1st, 2016
ASIC suspended the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of Parramatta-based Rural & General Insurance Broking Pty Limited (RGIB) for failing to lodge financial statements, auditor’s reports and auditor’s opinions for the financial years ending 30 June 2014 and 30 ...
ICAP acquires Abide Financial
October 13th, 2016
ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today that it has acquired Abide Financial (Abide), a market-leading global regulatory reporting specialist. Abide will become a subsidiary of ICAP’s ...
ASIC warns AFS licensees to lodge financial statements and auditor’s reports on time
October 6th, 2016
ASIC has been pursuing Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensees that have failed to meet their obligation to lodge their annual financial statements and auditor’s reports with ASIC within the specified timeframe. Licensees with a financial year ending 30 June ...
ASIC cancels a suspended Australian Financial Services licence
September 16th, 2016
ASIC has cancelled the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence of Melbourne-based company Allegianz Pty Ltd (Allegianz) for failing to lodge financial statements and auditor reports. Allegianz’s AFS licence was suspended by ASIC for six months in March 2016 for ...
Financial regulators tell G20 to focus on legal gaps
August 31st, 2016
Bank regulators are better prepared to cope with the potential failure of a major bank but more work needs to be done on the finer detail of legal agreements covering bank resolution and derivatives trade reporting, the Financial Stability ...
