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Build Your Wealth adviser cops ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
... evidence of conflicts of interest. Christopher Edward Luff failed as a financial adviser, according to ASIC's investigation, particularly when it came to informing clients about the risks associated with investing in the Storehouse Residential Trust. ...

ANZ staff axed over treasury bond scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... been working with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) as well as launching its own internal investigation. "With the assistance of external counsel, we are investigating these issues with the urgency expected and the group board ...

ASIC to launch new criminal investigation team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... its final report on equity market integrity in Australia. ASIC said it will be establishing a dedicated criminal investigation team to swiftly progress insider trading investigations and increase the number of criminal briefs it refers to the Commonwealth ...

Charges brought against ASX pump and dump group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
Four people have been criminally charged after an ASIC investigation identified them as key members of a Telegram group named the 'ASX Pump and Dump Group.' Syed Yusuf, Larissa Quinlan, Emma Summer, and Kurt Stuart have been charged with conspiracy ...

ASIC hits Melbourne adviser with travel ban

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... passports, visas and any other documents permitting travel outside Australia. The orders were sought as part of ASIC's investigation into King and the King Financial Group of companies. ASIC is currently investigating King for alleged financial misconduct ...

Beaconsfield takes control of New Quantum

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
... fund overseen by Keystone Asset Management. ASIC said that the orders were sought to protect investor funds amid an investigation into concerns about misleading statements and inadequate disclosures in the fund's documentation. de Filippo acknowledged ...

ASIC bans 'incompetent' financial services directors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... services laws between June 2018 and September 2022 and engaged in "unconscionable conduct." The corporate regulator's investigation revealed that vulnerable clients were encouraged to trade in CFDs despite lacking the financial means or trading experience ...

ASIC levy to slug advisers $48.4m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... transparency on how these costs are arrived at." A report by the Senate Economics References Committee on ASIC's investigation and enforcement released last week called for a review of how the regulator is funded. In 2022-23, ASIC employed around 1800 ...

AAT slashes adviser ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
... equipment finance broking and mortgage broking business through the corporate vehicle, Corporate Financial. ASIC's investigation found that Betalli failed to keep adequate records and gave non-compliant Statements of Advice (SoAs) by not including ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... regulatory objective of ASIC's or other regulatory bodies to establish and maintain a high level of transparency of investigation and enforcement outcomes. This would include a searchable public register of civil or criminal outcomes that eventuate ...