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Overzealous regulators are apparently making life difficult for business, according to Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, and he expects them to follow the law. read more

The Financial Reporting Council has decided to meet in public. read more

ASIC has extended its relief to companies struggling to meet their regulatory obligations around annual general meetings and financial reporting due to the pandemic. read more

Underwhelming is the only word that can fully describe the final report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of Corporations and Financial services into the regulation of audit. read more

One of the challenges confronting the financial services sector as it goes into a period where the Federal Government has relaxed responsible lending obligations and there are unprecedented low intere.. read more

More than 500 team leaders in Big Four firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), were involved in providing support for partners and staff caught up in Stage Four lockdown, according to the auditing behemot.. read more

Should we up the number of mandatory hours of training required of financial services professionals? read more

Company financial statements have over the past couple of years reported major swings in their numbers that rival anything Glenn Miller and his band could pull off, and the ANZ’s market announcements.. read more

ASIC has lost some skin over the past week with a series of revelations of episodes of largesse that would make even the strongest supporter of the corporate plod squint and look more closely at the o.. read more

The fracas continues around wrongly-claimed expenses for financial advice lodged by ASIC chair James Shipton. Blame it on the senior staff clerk, blame it on middle management – but for Shipton there’.. read more