Over the past three years since the decision in the High Court permitting litigation funding and the Federal Court’s determination that litigation funding should be treated as a managed investment scheme there has been much debate about the regulation of litigation funding in Australia.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) today released the results of research into the relationship between fund size and the performance of APRA-regulated superannuation funds

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released for consultation a response paper and a set of five draft prudential standards that give effect to the Basel III capital reforms in Australia.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released a response letter and two prudential practice guides for superannuation trustees in the areas of contribution and benefit accrual standards, and payment standards.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority announced it has accepted an enforceable undertaking from former Trio Capital Limited (Trio) director John Godfrey.

Mr Glenn Russell Evans, a former Senior Client Advisor with Bell Potter Securities Limited, was charged with 15 counts of fraudulent conduct involving more than $1.06 million following an ASIC investigation into conduct arising from Mr Evan’s role as a director of Kismet Trading Pty Ltd (In Liquidat

ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from former Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited employee, Mr Christopher Baker of Croydon, NSW, not to provide financial services in any capacity for a minimum of five years after he failed to meet various obligations as a financial adviser