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Court punishes OTC derivative issuers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... and Ozifin after obtaining interim injunctions against the firms in February 2018. Nine months later, the regulator cancelled AGM's financial services license and banned a former AGM director from providing financial services for eight years.

Queensland adviser barred from industry

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... clients. ASIC has banned William John Henry Houwing, also known as Jack Houwing, from providing financial services and have cancelled the AFS licence of his Financial Options advisory business. Financial Options had previously held licences as a securities ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... UK employees after the coronavirus outbreak prompted a shortage in parts coming from China." "So far 24 airlines have cancelled flights to and from China. They include British Airways, Air France, and Dutch airline KLM, which axed flights through much ...

HESTA hikes default insurance cover

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... carefully considered. "The way that super funds provide insurance cover to members and when their insurance cover must be cancelled has changed as a result of Federal Government legislation introduced in 2019. These changes mean that the HESTA insurer ...

Former licensee boss banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... Insurance Group. After being issued with a notice of hearing by ASIC, Freedom applied to have Spectrum's licence cancelled. Following its closure, more than 30 of its advisers transitioned to Consilium Advice - an AFSL established by a number of ...

Permanent ban follows alleged SMSF theft

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... trust account of a business for which she was the sole director and shareholder, Orchard Accountants. ASIC has also cancelled her AFSL. According to the corporate regulator, Tran failed to co-operate with and assist the Australian Financial Complaints ...

Corrupt adviser banned, AFSL canned

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
ASIC has banned a Queensland-based financial adviser from providing financial services for seven years and cancelled the AFS licence of his business. The corporate regulator found that Timothy Shapter had not provided advice in his client's best interests ...

ASIC bans former Charter, NAB adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... O'Brien's clients had their cover declined for pre-existing medical conditions after their existing insurance had been cancelled, leaving them uninsured," the regulator said. O'Brien was licensed by AMP for close to eight years, first through ...

Concerns over cancelled ASFL complaints

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of KP International Group after the regulator suspended it earlier this year, but concerns remain. ASIC said after the suspension, KP International advised the regulator that all relevant officers of the company had resigned ...

Half of all AFSL applications approved

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... 327 new AFS licences and varied 495 AFS licences, of which 467 were approved with additional regulatory outcomes; we cancelled 342 AFS licences and suspended 11 AFS licences." ASIC also finalised 92 SMSF auditor applications - of which, 62 were received ...