The Senate Economics References Committee examined proposals to lift the professional, ethical and education standards in the financial services industry.

This report details the visit of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services ('the committee') to Beijing and Shanghai from 5 May to 11 May 2013.

On 23 August 2012, the House of Representatives referred the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Bill 2012 ('the ACNC Bill'), the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (Consequential and Transitional) Bill 2012 and the Tax Laws Amendment (Special Conditions for Not-for-profit Concessions) Bill 2012 ('the TLAB') to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services...

This report presents evidence taken at a hearing on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) regulatory activities.

Having regard to the recent collapses of Timbercorp and Great Southern, the Committee inquired into and reported on agribusiness managed investment schemes (MIS).