Yesterday
The AI horrors Husic will head off with ‘guardrails’
Science and Industry Minister Ed Husic is trying to thread the needle with AI rules strong enough to protect society, without killing innovative business.
- Paul Smith
This Month
How UK gender pay gap data helped drive change
Similar data will be published about Australian businesses on Tuesday in an attempt to force similar transparency and action locally.
- Hannah Wootton
Philip Crawford is on a one-man crusade against Star Entertainment
Depending on who is asked, the corporate lawyer turned casino regulator is either keeping the bastards honest – or hounding them out of business.
- Zoe Samios
Keating ‘on the money’ on super funds appointing directors
It is a “logical next step” for industry superannuation funds to seek roles on listed company boards, industry experts say, especially in the energy sector.
- Hannah Wootton
Why it’s time for a new financial systems inquiry
It is obvious that the twin-peaks model of financial regulation has had its day. A recalibration is needed.
- Andrew Bragg
Super funds, advisers keep customers ‘in the dark’ on duds: ASIC
Many Australians are invested in super products that are underperforming by “a significant amount and over a significant period of time”, ASIC has found.
- Hannah Wootton
- Updated
- Airports
Airlines face more scrutiny on Sydney Airport flight cancellations
The Albanese government is proposing audits of landing and take off slots at the country’s busiest airport as part of a crackdown on anticompetitive behaviour.
- Jenny Wiggins, Ayesha de Kretser and Maxim Shanahan
Sydney casino review sends Star Entertainment shares plunging
The company said it would push back a financial update scheduled for Wednesday after it was blindsided by the announcement of a new inquiry into its operations.
- Zoe Samios
- Updated
- Casinos
Star Sydney casino licence at risk again
The NSW regulator has launched a fresh inquiry into whether the $1.6 billion company had fixed major cultural failures at its Sydney casino.
- Updated
- Zoe Samios
This Sydney woman is helping design the rules for crypto
Chloe White has become the go-to adviser for Middle East crypto companies.
- Jessica Sier
Everything you need to know about the ANZ/Suncorp Bank decision
On Tuesday, the Australian Competition Tribunal will decide if the $4.9 billion deal can be done. Whichever way it goes, the ramifications will be significant.
- James Eyers and Liam Walsh
Big super renews push to take control of retirement savings
AustralianSuper wants to nudge customers into the retirement phase, help them apply for the age pension, and create ‘accounts for life’.
- Hannah Wootton
Let retirees control their super money, Treasury told
Some funds are pushing for reforms to default customers into pension products, even as ASFA suggests this could disadvantage some people.
- Hannah Wootton
Atlas Arteria’s 40pc Washington toll rise proposal hits dead end
A report by officials in Virginia warns that the financials at the ASX-listed motorway group’s Dulles Greenway will “very likely remain depressed”.
- Jenny Wiggins
Investor reforms could ‘push the next Canva offshore’
Younger Australians and women could be big losers from changes which could block more than 40 per cent of angel investors from funding start-ups, a survey says.
- Lucy Dean and Hannah Wootton
Alarm over ‘heavy human cost’ of sophisticated investor test changes
Liberal senator and former listed company secretary Paul Scarr has warned the proposed reforms risk “swinging the regulatory pendulum too hard and too far”.
- Hannah Wootton
Banking regulators confirm delay of executive accountability rules
ASIC and APRA say they will delay the enforcement of key parts of the regime, which came out of the Hayne royal commission, until July.
- James Eyers
What this small fintech deal says about the big shifts in data sharing
Few have heard of Fat Zebra and Adatree. But the acquisition points to emerging data rights, as screen scraping teeters and Apple enters open banking in the UK.
- James Eyers
- Exclusive
- Hayne fallout
Bank executive accountability rules delayed as minister goes slow
A key change out of the Hayne royal commission was due to begin in March, but the final rules have been waiting for sign off from the government for months.
- James Eyers
- Analysis
- Online gambling
Bookmakers desperate for a win from AUSTRAC audits
Low discretionary spend, advertising bans and credit card deposits have made margins tight for the wagering sector. The financial crimes watchdog could make it a lot worse.
- Zoe Samios
