WA Election unlocks legislation
20 February 2001
The major impediment to the FSR legislation – opposition to Corporations Law changes by “states’ rights” advocates led by former WA Premier Richard Court…
Regulatory & Government
Flood insurance taskforce near
20 February 2001
Insurers are working with Financial Services & Regulation Minister Joe Hockey to set up a taskforce to develop solutions to the problems surrounding flood insurance…
Super guide to the GST
20 February 2001
A guide to the GST for the superannuation industry has been published by the Australian Taxation Office – seven months after the GST was introduced…
New enforcer
13 February 2001
Peter Wood, the head of Victoria’s Office of Public Prosecutions, has been appointed ASIC’s new National Director Enforcement…
New fee arrangements
06 February 2001
Differential fee arrangements for managed investment schemes have been introduced by ASIC…
Promoting better standards
06 February 2001
The International Association of Insurance Regulators wound up its meeting under the auspices of the OECD in Kuala Lumpur late last month with a vow to increase the…