Generative AI will have a significant impact on tax, corporate and compliance professionals according to the Thomson Reuters’ Future of Professionals Report – Asia & Emerging Markets Edition. The survey…
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AI and data governance is heating up in Australia: Expert panel
Industry experts shed light on the necessity for ethical AI and effective data governance practices in Australia.
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Is there a global minimum tax in Australia? What you need to know
Explore the global minimum tax in Australia and the OECD’s Pillar Two Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) rules. Here is what you need to know.
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Australia to push ahead with Tranche 2 laws amid international pressure
The Australian government is preparing to move ahead with the long-awaited second tranche of the country’s anti-money laundering regime
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ANALYSIS: Sri Lankan currency controls reflect fraught financial crime landscape
The active enforcement of currency controls in Sri Lanka, amid a deepening economic crisis, has underscored the fluid operating environment for risk and compliance teams in the Asia-Pacific region.
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ANALYSIS: Australian police forging direct ties with major banks to combat laundering
he Australian Federal Police (AFP) has taken its work with the financial intelligence community to a new level by forging direct partnerships with Australia’s “big four” banks.
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IMPACT ANALYSIS: ASIC ‘generally effective’, needs cultural shift -Financial Regulator Assessment Authority report
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is “generally effective and capable”.
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Anti-corruption campaigners hopeful for reform, following Najib’s 1MDB jail sentence
On Tuesday the Federal Court in Putrajaya denied Najib’s final appeal and ordered the former prime minister to serve a 12-year prison sentence.
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Financial services firms urged to increase focus on terrorism financing
Law enforcement agencies are urging financial services firms to pay greater attention to the financing of violent extremism.
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ASIC wins first criminal conviction over “fees for dead people” scandal
The Australian conduct regulator has secured its first criminal conviction for failing to update defective disclosure statements, over the “fees for dead people” scandal that emerged from the financial services royal commission.
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