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ASIC accepts Commonwealth Financial Planning EU

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... of financial services, financial advice and the monitoring and supervision of its representatives. ASIC Chairman Greg Medcraft said, "This EU is significant as it requires CFP to comprehensively examine its risk management system to ensure non compliance ...

ASIC appoints two new commissioners

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... considerable regulatory experience and will replenish ASIC's leadership at the commissioner level," said ASIC chair Greg Medcraft. "I would also like to thank Michael Dwyer for his service and friendship over the last three years. His experience - especially ...

Former Sonray chief gets jail time following ASIC charges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... advantage by deception and one of misleading an auditor concerning a capital injection of $5,200,000. ASIC Chairman Greg Medcraft said Murray's actions had compromised the investments of Sonray's clients and impacted on confidence in the market more ...

Opus Capital offers EU olive branch to ASIC

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... the integrity of the financial requirements for AFS licensees that operate registered schemes," said ASIC Chairman Greg Medcraft. "The consequences of failing to meet licensee standards should be clear to all and will be strictly enforced." As the issue ...

ASIC opens dialogue with hedge funds

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
Greg Medcraft told the Alternative Investment Association (AIMA) Australian Hedge Fund Forum in Sydney that greater regulatory focus on the hedge fund industry is a post-GFC fact of life, but that it is part of a new dialogue. The new ASIC chairman ...

ASIC surveillance sharpens focus on AFS licensees

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... Surveillance Program and enabled us to identify which organisations to monitor and what industry risks to prioritise," said Greg Medcraft, chairman, ASIC. ASIC said that disclosure alone will not always satisfy a licensee's obligations to manage conflicts ...

ASIC warns CFOs after Westpoint sentencing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... officers must ensure that any representations made by them to financiers, on behalf of companies, are accurate," said Greg Medcraft, chairman, ASIC. "To date ASIC has pursued a wide range of actions and remedies concerning Westpoint against gatekeepers ...

WA adviser receives jail sentence and reparations

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... Goldenberg pleaded guilty to 39 counts of breaching his duties as a director of Mortimer Close. ASIC Chairman, Mr Greg Medcraft, said Goldenberg put his own interests ahead of the company and investors and in doing so, had breached a fundamental responsibility ...

Opus licence decision overturned

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... reinforces the integrity of the financial requirements for AFS licensees that operate registered schemes,' ASIC Chairman Greg Medcraft said. 'Deferred tax assets are not readily realisable or available should a licensee fail.' ASIC imposes financial ...

ASIC tightens advice advertising

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... and draft regulatory guide containing best practice guidance for the advertising of financial products and advice. Greg Medcraft, ASIC chairman, told media this morning that the industry needed to recognise consumers don't make decisions based on disclosure. ...