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Inside the push to break up ASIC

Inside the push to break up ASIC

ASIC chairman Joe Longo says the corporate cop is finally turning a corner, but there are plenty of critics who think the only answer for ASIC is ‘radical change’.

Ronald MizenSenior reporter

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In his final report, banking royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne found the corporate cop had failed so abysmally that it might need to be broken up.

Though he labelled the idea a “radical change”, Hayne said the enforcement culture of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission was so bad, it could be better to create a whole new civil enforcement agency.

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Ronald Mizen
Ronald MizenSenior reporterRonald Mizen reports on politics, economics, business and the law, with a focus on corporate regulators, lobbyists and investigations from Parliament House, Canberra. Connect with Ronald on Twitter. Email Ronald at ronald.mizen@afr.com

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