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Westpac warned for misleading advertising

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
... Corporation has been rapped over the knuckles and will review its advertising after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deemed an advertising campaign misleading. The problem centres around an advertising campaign for the Westpac ...

MISs distort agribusiness sector: McGauran

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2006
... less concern with profitability at the end of the project," he told the ABC. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) advises caution when investing in agriculturally focused managed investment schemes for tax benefits and recommends ...

ASIC bans two for their part in failed businesses

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
... Wales directors have been disqualified from acting as company directors by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after their involvement in failed companies. ASIC has banned Craig West, a certified practicing accountant, for four ...

ASIC serves up life to insurance rep

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
... himself. Terence Howell, from Victoria, has received a permanent ban after an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation found that he had deceived CGU by failing to keep client insurance premiums in a trust until being forwarded ...

Former Westpac rep rips off $500k

... Westpac representative, David Jarrett of New South Wales, was banned following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into his alleged misappropriation of funds. The illegal activity was alleged to have occurred between ...

Two directors cop ASIC bans

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
... providing any financial services for three years following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Brian Forshaw and Guiscardo Bottari, both operating out of Melbourne, have been banned following an investigation ...

ASIC charges two over $14.5m fraud

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
... employee, have appeared in court on multi-million dollar fraud charges following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. Stephen Jenvey and Cedric Anthony, both from Victoria, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court ...

Mortgage broker arrested

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
... mortgage broker has been arrested and charged following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Michael Cay was arrested in Beechworth, Victoria, following an ASIC investigation into his conduct as the manager ...

Directors banned over unregistered schemes

... have been banned from managing a corporation following applications made by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Dr Fredric Acker was banned for 10 years by the Supreme Court of Queensland while Gerilyn Polanski, also a director ...

Govt will not ban commissions: Pearce

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
... out, quickly." The debate has picked up steam recently, with the release of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) shadow shopping report, which highlighted a problem of conflicts of interest, when advisers were selling products ...