A speech by Greg Medcraft, Chairman Australian Securities and Investments Commission to the Governance Institute of Australia National Conference, Brisbane, 1 December 2014.
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Today, I鈥檇 like to speak about maintaining trust and confidence in our markets.
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- challenges to markets and financial services
- how we respond, and
- areas of focus for ob体育鈥檚 Corporations team, including:
- the handling of confidential information
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- rights issues with control implications.
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