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Government proposes framework for clearing and settlement services regulation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... services. The proposed instrument, issued under the authority of assistant treasurer Stephen Jones, outlines the framework for ASIC to enforce rules governing the conduct and activities of CS facility licensees and associated entities. However, the imposition ...

Treasury releases climate disclosure draft legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
... see the government listening to market concerns and introducing a sensible period of regulator-only enforcement. We trust ASIC to take action based on the public interest." Much like the Modern Slavery Act, the government will conduct a review of climate ...

Adviser numbers stable at 15,650

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
... Rainmaker Information's tally of qualified professionals has decreased 1% year on year - a net loss of 214 advisers. Using ASIC Financial Adviser Register data, the analysis found that AMP Financial Planning still has the highest number of representatives ...

2024 to be a watershed year: FAAA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
... association said. "We continue to engage on several other areas which impact on members' costs of doing business, including the ASIC levy, and the implementation of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR)," Abood said. "Another key area of ...

Court fines Linchpin, Endeavour directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
... years. Raftery will pay a $40,000 penalty and be banned from managing a corporation for three years. The trio did not contest ASIC's suggested penalty amount that they should pay. Daly, however, contested ASIC's penalty submissions, and will pay $150,000. ...

Investors livid over fresh portfolio valuation: Mayfair 101

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... increased in value by as much as $170 million. Mayfair 101 purchased the portfolio of 200-plus properties in 2019. In early 2020, ASIC froze Mayfair's assets and operations over concerns it was a Ponzi scheme. Many of the properties were handed over ...

ASIC cracks down on Prospero for reporting failures

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... its annual financial statement and audit report for the financial year ending 30 June 2023 during the suspension period, ASIC will consider whether the licence should be suspended for a further period or cancelled," the corporate regulator said. ASIC ...

CSLR estimates $241m to fund backlog of complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
... relevant legislation with parliament, which can object to the amount through a disallowance process, but after 15 sitting days ASIC will determine the levy for relevant firms and begin collecting it. This first levy is to be paid by the 10 largest banking ...

ASIC permanently bans adviser who stole client funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... any entities that carry on a financial services business, and performing any function within a financial services business. ASIC said he is not a fit and proper person to provide financial services. Between May 2017 and June 2022, Pagliaccio was found ...

ASIC extends intervention orders against predatory lenders

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
ASIC has prolonged its product intervention orders for short-term and continuing credit contracts in a bid to protect vulnerable retail investors. The orders, which were first implemented in July 2022, will now be extended until 1 October 2032, or until ...