Report

Statutory Oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Takeovers Panel and the Corporations Legislation

Report No. 1 of the 44th Parliament

26 November 2014

© Commonwealth of Australia 2014
ISBN 978-1-76010-100-8

View the report as a single document - (PDF 298KB)

View the report as separate downloadable parts:

Members of the committee (PDF 26KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF 20KB)

Duties of the committee
Structure of the report
Conduct of the inquiry
Chapter 2 - Oversight of the Takeovers Panel (PDF 28KB)

Introduction
Trends in the matters dealt with by the Takeovers Panel
Proposals for reform of the Takeovers Panel
Chapter 3 - Oversight of ASIC (PDF 165KB)

Introduction
ASIC's 2012–13 annual report
ASIC's statement of expectations
Emerging issues
Penalties
Appendix 1 - Submissions (PDF 11KB)
Appendix 2 - Public hearings and witnesses (PDF 8KB)

Committee Secretariat contact:

Committee Secretary
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 3583
Fax: +61 2 6277 5719
corporations.joint@aph.gov.au

About this inquiry

Section 243 of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 sets out the Committee’s duties. These duties include oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In fulfillment of this statutory duty, the committee holds regular public hearings with ASIC and reports its findings to parliament.



Past Public Hearings

05 Sep 2014: Melbourne
28 Mar 2014: Canberra

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