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"Free set up" SMSF administrator pays infringement notice over bogus claims

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... for the sign-off of advertisements. The payment of an infringement notice is not an admission of a contravention of the ASIC Act 2001 consumer protection provisions. ASIC can issue an infringement notice where it has reasonable grounds to believe a person ...

ASIC acted only when claims hit "tsunami level"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
A former employee of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has condemned the fact that the regulator acted only when the volume of complaints "reached tsunami level." In a submission to the Senate inquiry on ASIC's performance ...

US regulator lifts hedge fund advertising ban

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... Investments Commission (ASIC) does not distinguish between hedge funds and more conventional investment vehicles. The ASIC Act governs hedge funds and long-only unit trusts with the same set of laws, meaning that the same hurdles must be cleared before ...

ASIC issues crowd funding guidance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... guidance to promoters of 'crowd funding' to clarify arrangements that may be regulated under the Corporations Act and the ASIC Act. Crowd funding involves the use of the internet and social media to raise funds in support of a specific project or business ...

Cold calling scammer gets 10 year ban

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
Australian Securities & Investments Commission has banned City Index Australasia and its director, Blair Jason Travers, from the financial services industry for 10 years after being found guilty of a cold calling scam. Australian Securities & Investments ...

End to unfair mortgage exit fees

ASIC AND CHOICE RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... lender; and would cause the borrower detriment (whether financial or otherwise) if it were applied or relied on. The ASIC Act provisions will apply to contracts entered or renewed on or after 1 July 2010 as well as terms in contracts changed on or after ...

ASIC reaches $2.5m Westpoint settlement

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... focused on assisting and protecting retail investors, including seeking compensation, when appropriate, under s50 of the ASIC Act".

AIST alerts regulator on misleading campaign against super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... in and monitor these campaigns before the public starts to believe all the "scaremongering", said Reynolds. Under the ASIC Act 2001, the regulator has the powers to pull up any organisation that has engaged in "misleading and deceptive conduct", including ...

KPMG challenges ASIC on Constitutional powers

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... believes the regulator's case is unconstitutional. ASIC began action against KPMG on the basis that Section 50 of the ASIC Act empowers it to act on behalf of investors the regulator believes are aggrieved. The legal action commenced in the Supreme Court ...

ASIC a step closer to Storm resolution

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
ASIC has completed a major phase of its investigation into failed Storm Financial and is entering the next part of its investigation, aimed at achieving a commercial resolution for investors. The next phase will now take place until the end of May 2010 ...